It be Elemental Sir’ Watson sayz da’ Q

It be Very Elemental Watson! there are 2 ways 2 fly er more yes indeed if ya don’t got lotsa $$$

🙂 an dats me folks lol 🙂

so quark sayz :

..an so many variables there of also …but; all different forms of the ultralights are fun to fly

well, instructor johnny moved to utah, so if ya want lessons frum him ya would have to visit salt lake area now…:(

…not as fun maybe as a powered glider but i can’t afford one they cost way to much mula…sosa i fly a raged ol’ butterfly wing

..not really though; she is in pert good shape. not many hours an lots to go as far as i am concerned, this wing will last me my lifetime ..i am sure when it comes to the ultralight trikes i fly…

~~~~~~~~~~~it’s Elemental Watson no matter how ya fly it is a different lewkin’ werld frum up dere’ @ 3 er 400 ft.

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Erica v says; For this week’s challenge, explore the classical elements of earth, air, water, and fire. How do you capture something invisible like air, or the movement of water? Or, more personally, is there a place you go to feel connected to the earth?

After i land when i go flying i feel more connected to the earth in a different way! 🙂 indeeD! so!

Take a moment to explore these elements, in or out of balance, together or individually, as you pick up your camera this week.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/elemental/

An Explosive Day July 4th is!

 ~ Da’ 4th of July is like 7th Heaven for some every year! ~
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Oh what an Explosive day across da’ country of the ol’ U.S.A. July 4th is…
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so here are notes of ponderence! frum da’ Q….
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An Happy Freedom day 2 U an stay Kewl
no matters where ya be on dis’ ol’ Planet Earth
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NAMASTE’ 2 U Frum

Da’ Q


 

Best moments of the FAI Hang Gliding & Paragliding Championships 2016

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Since it’s still flight week in Q’s werld  2 videos here 2day! : 1st one is Best moments of the FAI Hang Gliding Championships 2016 in Krushevo! condensed into a 3 minute video

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 An mixin it up a bit here

below is an introduction

to a kewl page on Q-tube

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FAI Air Sports Channel

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Vertigo? watch this Intense! vid here! Below

Highlights | FAI World Paragliding Aerobatic Championships 2016

Q sayz fly safe everyone..&….nope

“crashing is not an option!”

Hangliding Adventure

Freedom

Flight Week>in Quarksire’s werld every september!

doin’ it in da’ air!

da’ quest of conquering FEAR in ones life

well, my last prolific lol…post-it… i did here, spent 30 minutes on an it did not save so for another day i assume i shall have to re-write. Such as life in Q’s werld.. 🙂 So: This post-it is bout the quest of conquering FEAR in ones life!….well, best i can come up with here off da’ cuff @ 3 am lol. 🙂

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Q sayz? …….do i? did i? will I? can I? should I? could I? would I? er well, what should one do when cunfused sayz da’ Q…Q? well, dat is well, da’ quantum equation thats makes it all werthwhile..when ya find the questions will ya see or hear the answers an then there is the next question, an whats it matter? an when ya get 20 answers which one is the right choice of things to do? gewd – bad – er indifferent! ?

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Will it matter in 100 yearz?
does it matter? did it evr ? an should it once again? round the rosey rosey complex of the fragmented mind. creations/vs/reactions…..well if ur not familiar with what; i am talkin bout I am talkin bout the “thinkin disease” or the paradox of the over active mind that cannot be controlled? or thinks too much bout too much too often… {the analyze this complex} .an can’t figure out why most of the time? an what to do bout it? .. alot of the time the minds like this {like mine used to be} and are suffering frum fear memories when one gets down to the bottom of the analysis..an well, what is the solution? an is there an answer? they ask? well, yes indeed says da’ Q…….an to find da’ answers one might even go back to when they were way way young!

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an the child chose dat special rock jest for U!


it’s a one day @ a time process to realize sumtimes that some drugs an alcohol have twisted ones mind…well that is; if ‘n ur like me an finally have hard fought for sobriety after many years of tormoulchulous drinking …after 26 plus years of drinkin’ i now got almost 20 years…sober alcohol free…wowza how my life has changed for the better since i quit escaping my very own personal reality wit booze…..

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but not always sumtimes; it got werse an the challenges were harder , sumtimes i jest wanted to go back to drinkin’, but well, i thought drinkin’ would be the death of me! so i didn’t…only thinkin that did stop me frum drinking was fear itself???!!! how funny! so i used the force of negativity an fear i had in my heart, through meetings etc etc an all in my life to possess fear a hatred for alcohol that it kept me frum drinking…but eventually it caused lotsa stinkin thinkin! an reinforced the fear!
well in the end that wasn’t good for my soul because i still had what caused the alcoholism in the furst place…guess what that was .LOL..

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FEAR!
EXACTLY..
THE SAME FEAR YES – FEAR BASED THINKING!!!!
a FORCE I USED TO GET CLEAN
was the force that was still fucking me up mentally..
an boy that has been the ultimate challenge to conquer!…
Then well after bout 10 years of being alcohol free i had to spend the next 10 years learning not to have fear based thinking as a way of thinking.They also taught me that in sobriety lol…..
is a hard thing to explain to people, so is another reason why i started an created this blog werld, so when anyone ever asked me what i meant by that i could jest lead them to one of my articles bout it lol…then i would not have to re-peat forever what i previously thought bout the specific things, an i could be freer an move on with my life without having to always go back in time……so ultimately, i would write what i thought, leave the rest behind an go forward to a new better future without denying the past or judging it or miss judging it also…

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so! it has werked for me an has been quite a progression…a few things also come up over an over in my werld like…

crashing is not an option….an

…change the way ya think an the werld will change….

an think b 4 u act…

an dont’t belayte.

an a realization a day keeps the doctor away…

one step @ a time –

one day @ a time …. etc etc etc etc……

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well all thoughts are gewd thoughts to live by once ya’ engrain good thoughts in the brain the way i see it…but well, if ur brain still has the same ol’ thoughts that caused the strain in the furst place ur jest going back in time over an over an need to jump out of that program an into a better one for urself …is bout the end of that story..is like when aa stops werkin for ya but ya want to stay sober u will find a better cause an won’t need aa anymore etc etc..jest an example..always finding a better cause for the next best step if u are moving forward in life an are not wishing to jest stagnate where ya are in the routine ur stuck in, whatevr that might be…for some they are victims to the werld they create,,,some are warriors, some are fighters, some are haters,, some are runners…, some are lovers, BUT.. everyone has a different way of doing it what i am saying is; no ON WAY is the only an best way! There are always multitudes of options an well, it is always up to U whether ya make the next best right choice at any particular junction in life…if u did not then u can always change ur direction the way i see it…

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am i makin any sense ? well to many i am an to many more i am not…so i can only hope to make sense to the ones that matters right now…an hope to make sense for the ones to matter in the future that care to think an article bout staying sober matters or not! lol
whatevr it matters an however ..enjoy ur week an er night er day er whenevr u read this,,,whatevr it is ,,,jest get up off ur arse an do something constructive…4 ur self an another an well,,,,it might make ur day feel a bit better..Much better than watchin’ tv er sitting on the internet..unless ur reading some juicy provocative mind blowing stuff er whatnot..when done go play an play fair..an have a good one!…jest help urself stay sane an forget bout the force of fear!!!!!! an the past!….all i gotz to say 2 day!………
Keep on keepin on !
…..may all of ur tomorrows become ur kewl ………….yesterdays…………

in da’ many  days of da’ future past!


… PS: keep dreamin an wishin an hopin’ …
for deep down inside…

Because!
A dream is only a wish the heart makes!
… QQQQQ …

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Look Up Before one Leaps

 Wordpress Phrase of da’ week this past week waz Look Up….so of course furst thing i thought of was having to lewk up before one leaps…

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An when in da’ air also lewkin up ever so often to see that the wing is all doing well! It is advised to ABORT jest before taking off because of a twisted line on the paraglider, an on the trike a twisted cable…I have to keep this in mind a lot wit my sport, once upon a time i lewked up to see da’ “JESUS” bolt coming out of my shaft that holds the wing on,

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Da’ Jesus bolt is da’ one with the safety clip in it, if it comes out ya jest say “OH JEEESuS!”

,,so i abruptly descended an landed, another time i failed to lewk up before launching an as soon as i took off the wing wanted to do a left turn all by itself, Result of a twisted cable that hold the wing tight on the left side,,,,

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so i had to hold the wing in a right hand turn to fly it straight, obviously i came back around an landed…twas’ an assembly problem i had missed on my pre-flight inspection. lol. gewd job huh mikey.

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So, anyhow next time i go fly, an every time; i truly have to remember this Phrase..

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 LOOK UP! Before ya leap!!

q-jumpa owwwwooooo… 🙂 yeahhaaaaa

Look Up

This week is all about taking a moment to check out what’s going on above you.

Happy July 2016 2 da’ Werld frum Quarksire

Hopin’ all that comes by Quarks Quarked werld has a great JUly 2016

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A life where Independence freedom an security seem to be @ a meager choice an wish for so many, whom are trapped into a system, controlled by bureaucrats an Their money!

When the Firewerks to them jest remind them of War an explosions etc etc.

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Where Independence an freedom is jest in da’ Eye of the Beholder…

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some see it “firewerkz” as a sign Excitement an freedom!

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some see it as a sign of war

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  Exhibits a pert gewd show fer all to watch on July 4th at sundown..

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jest a few thoughtz fer da’ day frum da werld of Q

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july4thc_by_quarksire 005will end this post-it with a shot from 2 years ago….. thought it was very apprapo!!…

may this be the month for things in ur life to grow;

an prosper in many wayz!

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May ur life not implode!

but rather Explode

with unlimited possibilities

which spring forth frum ur mind .

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The Future Science of God Consciousness & Pineal Gland Activation

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Christina Sarich, Staff
Waking Times 

Many who have studied the workings of the pineal gland realize it has earned the name ‘the seat of enlightenment’ for good reason. The pineal is a transmitter of the spiritual or divine self as well as the grosser, earthly or physical self. Science is just beginning to unravel how this tiny endocrine gland in the center of our mind is able to turn humankind’s barbarous cravings into a yearning for oneness with Cosmic Consciousness or the ‘Kingdom of God Within,’ – while giving us the physical ability to realize it.

Modern medicine is altogether ignorant of the ‘ductless’ glands. The scientific study of endocrines and their hormones, in fact, is just shy of forty-five years standing, although about 170 years ago a French savant, Theophile de Bordeu, entered some study of the subject, including the making of an elixir which was injected into the skin of his subjects. His presumption that spirit was freed through a chemical process alone was wrong, however, he was correct in understanding the importance of neurochemistry in awakening the Cosmic Mind.[1] This does not mean that scholars and shamans, yogis, and seekers of spirit going back thousand of years are not well versed in the alchemical magic the pineal can induce.

Though a guru might tap a student on the forehead, giving what is called ‘shaktipat’ to induce an enlightened awareness or kundalini experience, all the guru is really doing is observing that a yearning spirit is ready to experience a dissolution of ego. When the time is ripe within any individual, be it from yogic practice, a karmic predisposition, a near-death experience or any number of other ‘priming’ activities, a neurochemical process unfolds from the tiny ‘spirit’ factory within the pineal itself. 

The Neurohormonal Cascade of God Consciousness

There are a few neurohormones produced by the pineal which are key to unlocking the secrets of the ages. When these hormones are released, under rare and specific circumstances, a spiritual big bang occurs. 

Melatonin production is instigated by the pineal gland in periods of darkness via indirect stimulation from the optic nerve, and this neurohormone modulates our sleep-wake states. Melatonin allows waking self-consciousness to rest, so that our body consciousness can focus on its work of repairing itself without the meddling distractions of the ego/body consciousness and the various physical activities of the body associated with being awake. Melatonin silences self-consciousness, but METAtonin goes one step further. It allows the consciousness to remain in-tact while freeing it from the confines of the ego-based physical body.[2]

METAtonin production takes place when the pineal gland internally secrets an enzyme called methyltransferase (INMT) that catalyzes two methyl groups to combine with a serotonin molecule. Melatonin is a linguistic derivative of serotonin (serotonin + one methyl molecule), METAtonin, then, is a derivative of Melatonin (melatonin + one methyl molecule). Each of these is a higher octave of the previous one. Hence METAtonin, a higher octave of melatonin.  Each of these hormones neurochchemically shapes the state of consciousness in a distinctive manner.

METAtonin allows self-consciousness to remain active and simultaneously separate from the sleeping body. Unlike melatonin, METAtonin is not produced on a daily basis, and instaed is very rarely produced except in crucial situations; also it is not primarily delivered to its target, the central brain, via the blood. Once DMT enters the blood supply, it is immediately destroyed by the DMT scavenger monoamineoxidaise or MAO. For this reason, unlike all other hormones, it is very difficult to measure METAtonin, endogenous DMT, levels in the blood. 

When METAtonin is Activated

When METAtonin is activated the mind is given a jet-pack into a level of consciousness that frees it altogether from the physical confines of reality. Many who experience this the first time fear the out-of-body of egoless state because it is so unfamiliar, but shamans and spiritual adepts who have shaped their neurochemistry appropriately can not only enjoy the elevated consciousness, but tap into its many lessons once they return to their physical form.

LSD and other Chemical Stimulants of METAtonin or DMT

Some make the distinction that when a person uses an outside source of chemical stimulation to change their state of consciousness, they enter a state of altered consciousness; when one is experiencing a higher state of consciousness that is stimulated by a natural, internal, endogenous hormone, they have entered a state of enhanced consciousness; but many herbal remedies and chemical drugs, even diet can affect our endogenous hormones.

READ: Iboga, the Matrix, and Pineal Gland Decalcification

The Attack on Our Endogenous Hormones

Seratonin, Melatonin and METAtonin – all hormones of the pineal – are under environmental attack daily. Without the proper workings of our neurochemical messengers, we cannot experience the ego-less state. Quite simply, our connection to the ‘Kingdom of God Within’ is cut off. In the Druidic culture the ‘nectar’ released by the pineal is considered the Holy Grail. In the Hindu culture it is called ‘amrita’ or ambrosia. This is why there are stories of knights fighting to obtain a golden cup – but what they refer to is the hormonal cascade created by a healthy pineal.

There are a thousand different practices in every living and and non-living culture which were aimed at creating our own endogenous METAtonin to free the mind from its physical prison.

Fluoride, processed food, refined sugar, pharmaceutical drugs and other modern chemical toxins cause the pineal’s ‘nectar’ to shut down. Fortunately, there are ways to reverse this process and reclaim the experiences that await a properly secreting pineal gland.

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The Many Stages of METAtonin Release 

When the pineal is ‘primed’ by good diet, practices like meditation and yoga, or simply a person’s unwitting dance with death in a near-death-experience which causes a rush of hormones which awaken METAtonin processing, many stages of experience, both intentional and unintentional can be expected:

  1. Through meditation or other methods of mental concentration, the pineal is awakened and a feeling of ecstasy or bliss is induced.
  2. A state of inner peace or God Consciousness as described by Buddhists, Hindus, Tibetans, American Indians, Sufis, Amazonian tribes, and hundreds of other cultures is experienced. This is called Satori or Samadhi.
  3. A vision-quest is induced in the Native American Indian culture which sends a young aspirant on a journey out of body that helps them to glean knowledge they would not have access to in-body.
  4. Dreamtime, as experienced by Australian Aborigines in which great boons are found by travelling an astral landscape.
  5. Glee or God-state as the Sufis felt in a whirling dervish.
  6. Rapture
  7. Creative Ecstasy. Many of the most lauded works of art, music, architecture, etc. were created in this state.
  8. Remote Viewing
  9. Transcendent Sex
  10. Near Death Experience
  11. Loss of Gravity
  12. ‘Night Flight’ which happens when METAtonin is released while sleeping
  13. Out of Body Consciousness
  14. Holotropic Breathwork as pioneered by Dr. Stanislav Grog which gives way to ‘Rebirthing’
  15. Emotional or Intellectual EpiphanyAs you may have observed, these are not drone-like, live-to-work states of consciousness, but our spiritual heritage – states that allow us to be more than just a physical ego with base needs and desires. God Consciousness may not be encapsulated within the pineal, but the hormonal cascade it unlocks allows our experience of the Divine. Instead of living in ‘fight-or-flight’ from the adrenal glands, we can live in ‘light’ as we nurture the tiny ‘seat of the soul’ for which Descartes was so fond.

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  16. About the Author

    Christina Sarich is a writer, musician, yogi, and humanitarian with an expansive repertoire. Her thousands of articles can be found all over the Internet, and her insights also appear in magazines as diverse as Weston A. Price, NexusAtlantis Rising, and the Cuyamungue Institute, among others. She was recently a featured author in the Journal, “Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and Healing Arts,” and her commentary on healing, ascension, and human potential inform a large body of the alternative news lexicon. She has been invited to appear on numerous radio shows, including Health Conspiracy Radio, Dr. Gregory Smith’s Show, and dozens more. The second edition of her book, Pharma Sutra, will be released soon.

    Resources:

    [1] Kapp, M.W., M.D. Glands Our Invisible Guardians. The Rosicrucian Press. 1939

    [2] Metatonin and the Creation of Neural Pathways. http://metatoninresearch.org/Home.php#neural_pathways

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Awakening with Suzanne Lie: Buried and Forgotten Research-Presented by Suzanne Lie

********** One can simply use words and sentences of human language to influence the DNA….so true an so many do not realize this as of yet, Re-blogged this instead of going to “source” cuz U Aliyah are connected to source an i hope some of my viewers might browse about ur blog-werld; thankZ fer dis share frum da’ Q

Infinite Shift

Presented by Suzanne Lie

I have talked about this important research before. Therefore, I have now made a “study sheet” for it. It is the NOW in which the higher frequencies of light are entering our Pineal Gland and coursing through our bodies to activate this “junk DNA,” which is actually the key to becoming our Lightbody SELF.

The below research has “disappeared” from mainstream literature. Thus most of us have been denied this important information because the powers of darkness have taken a chokehold on most of our media. Therefore, we must go into the past the find our future:

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Hoverboard Inc. A FlyBoard With Props

Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru has created a hoverboard that allows humans to fly. How so very cool 🙂 Using a pair of pliers for a throttle, and snowboard bindings, he has created a couple of different varieties, one with propellers on top an one with them on the bottom, lithium polymer batteries, 40 horsepower for a minute an a half…300 meters on a fly board with props….
Click here for the full story: http://www.cbc.ca/1.3270569
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Birdman {Jetman} Yvess Rossy: Young Feathers

Yvess Rossy has been a household name in Q’s Werld for many years, and  since his first flying surfboard with a jet engine then in 2008 he has come a long way with his flying surfboards. i have featured him  once in me blog-werld, so; This is kinna a re- run for some that have seen it; but for others welle new werld, especially when it comes to flying 🙂 yeahaaaaaaaa..editorial an 3 videos followz 🙂 .

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..Birdman is his name to me, although many call him jetman, others call him rocketman, others call him fusionman…. either way he is

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in my bewk…fer da’ common ordinary man…lol..Since i fly an dream flying like yvess, i thought he deserved an editorial frum Mr. Q here.Absolutely incredible to me: he can even out fly the eagles an the predator birds wit a push of a button..is quite a bit faster than flying my ultralight trike – i fly 28-65 miles an hour on my butterfly wing he flies 120+..Rossy developed and built a wing-suit system comprising a backpack equipped with semi-rigid aeroplane-type carbon-fiber wings—with a span of about 2.4 metres (7.9 ft)—powered by four Jet-Cat P200 jet engines, modified from large kerosene-fueled model aircraft engines. This has led to him being referred to in the press by various monikers, such as The Airman, Jetman, Rocketman, and Fusionman.so,a few pics here of him an a couple of fav vids…fer ur viewing pleasure today if ya decide to gander at his gadgets.We mark a new milestone in the chapter of human flight. Join Jetman Yves Rossy and his protege, Jetman Vince Reffet as they explore the limits in the city of dreams.
“The real dream is to be completely free”
Jetman features an all Original Soundtrack by Piers Baron with additional track from Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Ariel Kalma’s “Mille Voix”.

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Rossy’s jet-powered wing

In 2008, Rossy made a flight over the Alps Mountain Range, reaching a top descent speed of 304 kilometres per hour (189 mph), and an average speed of 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph).

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Handout photograph provided by Breitling of Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, flying over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 2, 2012. The Swiss aviator jumped from a helicopter and deployed the jet powered carbon-kevlar Jetwing, using his body to steer as he flew over the city before landing on Copacabana Beach. AFP PHOTO/John Parker/Breitling/HO RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE-NO MARKETING-NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS-MANDATORY CREDIT ‘ AFP PHOTO/John Parker/Breitling/HO’ -DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSJOHN PARKER/AFP/GettyImages

In November 2009, Rossy attempted a crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar, hoping to be the first person to fly between two continents using a jetpack. He leapt from a small plane about 1,950 m (6,500 ft) above Tangier in Morocco and headed in the direction of Atlanterra, Spain. The flight was expected to take about a quarter of an hour. Strong winds and cloud banks forced Rossy to ditch into the sea just three miles from the Spanish coast, where his support helicopter picked him up ten minutes later. He was flown to a hospital in Jerez and soon released unhurt. The Spanish Coast Guard retrieved the jetpack, which had a parachute and a float.

On 5 November 2010, Rossy flew a new version of his jet-powered flight system and successfully performed two aerial loops before landing via parachute. He had launched from a hot air balloon piloted by Brian Jones at 2,400 meters (7,900 feet).

Since 2007 one of his training sites is in Spain, in the private airfield Skydive Empuriabrava in Empuriabrava (Girona, Costa Brava).[8][9] On 7 May 2011, Rossy reportedly flew above the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

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The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had classified his flight system as an aircraft. When it finally granted him a license, the FAA waived the normal 25 to 40 hours of flight testing time, and Rossy acted quickly to complete his flight. Reporters, who had been waiting nearby since the cancellation of the original scheduled flight—on the day before—were not informed. There were, therefore, no independent witnesses to document his flight

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To infinity and beyond

Daredevil Swiss pilot Yves “Fusionman” Rossy shows off his birdman skills. His new book “Yves Rossy: homme volant” (flying man), recounts his flying exploits over the past ten years. Simon Bradley reports.


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Jetman Grand Canyon Flight, Yves Rossy

“This is the most challenging place I could fly,” the Jetman, Yves Rossy, told reporters. Rossy’s flight was his first in the U.S. and potentially his most difficult. Previous over-water flights across the English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar provided the option of a water landing — an option Rossy chose when en-route weather reduced safety margins during the Gibraltar run. The canyon offered far fewer options for a safe landing in the event of an emergency and its sharp corners and steep walls increased the likelihood of turbulence.