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Flying in the skies is no more an impossible task, you can do that via a helicopter or an glider, but to soar like a bird, or penetrate the winds like a superman or rocketeer, sounds much incredible. Yves Rossy, a Swiss pilot, inventor, and aviation...
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Yves Rossy, 45 is a recklessly daring former fighter pilot who became the first person to fly like a bird in the year 2004. Now he has blasted across the sky in Spain...
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