Yves Rossy is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight.

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Chapters:

00:00 Trailer. 02:37 Brian's thoughts on the episode. 05:06 Brian's Introduction. 05:59 What concerned Yves for his first flight over the English Channel in 2008. 10:07 What Yves learned about himself from the delayed flight across the English Channel. 10:52 Why a clear head and relaxed body are essential. 13:15 Difference in the way Yves and his partner Vincent Reffet use their bodies in flight. 14:54 Yves' early emotional response to witnessing the power of a jet plane. 17:55 The WOW feeling from flying jet aircraft aged twenty, sometimes difficult to come down from. 22:47 Yves admiration for the military test pilots and first astronauts depicted in The Right Stuff film. 26:10 Did those pilots feel the attraction to the challenge as Yves has to his? 27:58 747 emergency, Yves a trained fighter pilot, feels the pressure of responsibility for passengers. 31:30 How Yves loves moments of freedom playing with nature. 34:00 Yves has so much respect for nature. 36:27 Learning to adapt to the air becoming fluid which reacts with speed. 40:30 An understanding wife. 42:17 The developmental history of flying man. 45:24 Yves trialling of wingsuit flying and developing his own ideas. 47:24 Why are the military and aerospace companies not involved in this development work? 48:42 Development work is costing him, but in his eyes he is the richest guy in the world. 50:37 "I was never in competition, always in creation." 54:41 What has happened since Yves flew across the English Channel on an inflatable wing in 2008. 1:00:32 Yves' most frightening flight experience. 1:09:28 Why he finally decided to return to flying. 1:11:44 The beginning of the complementary partnership with Vincent Reffet. 1:16:51 What we can learn from Yves about being an innovator and the danger of a financial goal. 1:22:08 The Dubai flight. 1:23:05 The highly dangerous cons and financial pros of future plan to be autonomous. 1:27:06 Still deriving lots of fun from flying and research and gratification from passing on knowledge. 1:27:45 Keeping in good shape, Yves fitness regime and how he clears his mind prior to a flight. 1:29:36 The parts played by Bruno Bokker, Thomas Enders and his Highness Sheikh Hamdan Crown Prince of Dubai in the Dubai flight. 1:32:54 Learning to avoid aircraft turbulence for the Dubai flight. 1:36:51 Crying and shouting with emotion at the beauty when flying over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1:39:32 For how long will Yves continue to fly? 1:40:07 Crash landing onto water during the flight in Malta. 1:44:30 Working and living in Dubai. 1:48:04 Next planned high profile flight and Yves gratitude for this opportunity to explain how they are not crazy guys. 1:49:24 The difference in the machines he requires to those with another purpose for flight. 1:52:30 Success secrets. 1:53:32 Brian tells Yves he needs to write his book for us. 1:54:44 Phone call to the 20 year old Yves Rossy. 1:57:30 Best advice Yves ever received. 1:58:38 Advice to the young people watching wanting to succeed in what they want to do. 2:02:11 Brian's summing up. Notes: Jetman (Yves Rossy) website http://www.jetman.com/ Yves Rossy on TEDx https://www.ted.com/talks/yves_rossy_fly_with_the_jetman?language=en Jetman on facebook https://www.facebook.com/jetmanofficial/ Jetman on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jetman/ Yves Rossy on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Rossy

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