CANON CITY, Colo., Nov. 24, 2008
Longest Jet Pack Flight A Success
Daredevil Soars Over 1,500 Foot Wide Canyon In Colorado
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Play CBS Video Video Rocket Man Clears Canyon "CBS News RAW": Go Fast JetPack pilot Eric Scott flew 1,500 feet across the Royal Gorge in Canon City, Colo. He was not wearing a parachute and depended solely on his backpack.
It was the longest jet pack flight ever, reports CBS News correspondent Harry Smith, and the pilot, Eric Scott, has more experience with that method of flight than anyone.
The sponsoring Go Fast Sports & Beverage says Scott took 21 seconds to cross the Royal Gorge at 75 mph on Monday. It says he didn't use a parachute while flying across the 1,100-foot-deep canyon.
The canyon is five football fields wide, and at the bottom the Arkansas River was churning beneath him, but Scott returned safely to earth with nine seconds to spare, Smith reports.
He was wearing a jet pack powered by hydrogen peroxide and developed by Jet Pack International. The company developed it for stunts, promotions and other events for Go Fast.
Both companies are based in Denver and were founded by entrepreneur Troy Widgery.
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- Hydrogen peroxide huh? Neat.
Poweful oxidizer, wonder what they mix it with..
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- He gambled and won. Not only is it NOT impressive, it seems pretty sick to me.
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- Evel Knievel just broke a bone in his coffin as a tribute to this stuntman.
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- No parachute?
There''s a fine line between boldness and insanity.
Drink GO FAST, and that line will be JUST A BLUR to you!!! Drink it and GO FAAAAAAAAAASSSSSST!!!!
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