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Swiss ‘jetman’ takes flight over Mount Fuji

Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy used his carbon-Kevlar four-engine ‘jetwing” to fly near Mount Fuji in Japan on Tuesday. He was celebrating the mountain’s designation as a World Heritage site.

Rossy flew an eight-minute flight over the Grand Canyon on May 7, 2011.

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