No, not that Rocket Man.

This Rocket Man!

Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps.

Rossy, 48, made his first public flight with his self-made flying contraption in front of the world press Wednesday, after five years of training and many more years of dreaming.

"This flight was absolutely excellent," the former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast said after touching down on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva.

Reports indicate that Rossy got up to 186 MPH. I don't know about you, but that sure impresses the hell out of me.

He also note that his safety secret is "altitude". And I'd have to agree -- at 186 MPH there is no room for error.

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