Iron Man dream inches closer to reality after man takes to the skies in Dubai

Jet-powered suit pilot Vince Reffet recently took off from ground in Dubai and within seconds, he was able to reach more than 325 feet. In just 30 seconds, he reached an initial height of an incredible 3,280 feet at an aver speed of 130 kts (approximately 150 mph), as reported by Gulf Today. He was able to reach an altitude of around 6,000 feet by end of his three-minute flight before opening his parachute and landing back to safety on Skydive Dubai runway.

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video sees pilot effortlessly hover over water while operating finger controls which have been built into his gloves. It may also remind you of a scene from first Iron Man film where Tony Stark was first learning how to jet off into air.

XDubai, company behind stunt, stated that this was  first time that a Jetman Dubai pilot was able to combine hovering safely at a limited altitude and flying aerobatics at high altitude in same flight. It also explained that equipment is controlled by human body reby enabling Jetman Dubai to achieve speeds of 400kmh, which involved hovering, changing direction, and performing loops.

This was reportedly made possible after three engineers, Mohammed Rashid Chembankandy from India, André Bernet from Switzerland, and a chief-engineer Matthieu Courtois from France, came toger and worked on developing this pioneering techlogy.

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Dubai Jetman isn't only real-life Tony Stark

Vince Reffet became next person to join  likes of Jet wing pilot and real-life Iron Man Yves Rossy. who was seen taking off from ground and hovering over lake Geneva in Switzerland with his jet-powered wingsuit. Prior to that, ar real-life Iron Man, British inventor and daredevil Richard Browning flew through  skies in his own jet suit while reaching a staggering 136.891 kmph.

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