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WATCH: Two men in jetpacks circle the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

If someone said that jetpacks were the coolest things in the world you'd be hard pressed to think...
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15.17 12 May 2015


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WATCH: Two men in jetpacks cir...

WATCH: Two men in jetpacks circle the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

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15.17 12 May 2015


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If someone said that jetpacks were the coolest things in the world you'd be hard pressed to think of something remotely in the same league. When you put jetpacks in Dubai that task becomes near impossible.

It's quite unlikely that you'll have seen what these guys do in this video before. Yves Rossy is an ex-pilot but it is his life after his traditional aviation life that has sparked the interest of so many.

Yves is known as the inventor of the individual jetpack. At 55 years of age he has now become a master of its use and that's abundantly clear as he flies terrifyingly close to the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which stands 2,716 feet high.

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The pair operating the infinitely cool machines have the capability of flying at 120 miles per hour.

The video is 12 minutes long and happily is available in 4K which is well worth switching on for the real side by side experience.

As you can imagine it isn't Yves' first time flying about in a jetpack.


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