Swiss adventurer crosses English Channel using homemade jet wing

Swiss adventurer crosses English Channel using homemade jet wing DOVER, England — A Swiss adventurer using a homemade jet-propelled wing has flown across the English Channel from France in less than 10 minutes. Yves Rossy landed safely in a field near Dover on Friday. The National Geographic Channel showed Rossy leaping from a plane at an altitude of about 2,700 metres, then firing up his wing for the 35-kilometre flight from Calais, France, to Dover, England. Minutes later Rossy looped over onlookers on the British side.

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