It looks fun, but it's hard not to think that this will eventually end badly for Mr. Rossy.
Laurent Gillieron / POOL / EPA
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, the first man in the world to fly with a jet-fitted wing, launches himself from a hot air balloon to perform a loop, near Bercher, Switzerland, Nov. 5, 2010.
Yves Rossy completed two full loops using a jet-propelled wing in the sky over Switzerland. Msnbc.com's Keva Andersen reports.
Aly Song/Reuters
A passenger jet flies past the setting sun in Shanghai September 9, 2010.
The stunning colors and the position of the jet make this image. It makes me think of Icarus flying too close to the sun.
Mohammad Sajjad / AP
A Pakistan helicopter picks dead bodies from the site of plane crash in Islamabad, Pakistan on July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed.
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