A French stuntman well-known for flying over the world’s highest structure with an engine and carbon-fibre wings strapped to his back has actually passed away in training.
Vincent Reffet, 36, was among Dubai’s ‘jetmen’ and went viral for flights over the Gulf city’s waterside along with a jumbo jet.
He was eliminated throughout training in the deserts of the Arabian sheikhdom, Jetman Dubai stated in a declaration.
The organisation did not provide any more information however stated it was ‘working closely with all relevant authorities’.
‘Vince was a talented athlete, and a much-loved and respected member of our team,’ its declaration stated.
‘Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and all those who knew and worked with him.’
In among Reffet’s viral stunts, he base-jumped off the Burj Khalifa, the world’s highest structure at 828 metres (2,716feet) in Dubai, setting a world record.
He won gold medals while contending as a free-flying skydiver and contended as a severe sports professional athlete for Red Bull.
The delights remained in his blood as his moms and dads were likewise skydivers. ‘I believe that if you dream big and if you love what you do, everything is possible,’ Reffet was priced quote as stating.
But the general public in Dubai familiarized Reffet as part of Jetman Dubai.
The organisation, established by Swiss traveler Yves Rossy, sees its professional athletes zip throughout the sky with a four-engine, carbon-Kevlar wing strapped to their backs.
The wings can fly for 50 kilometres (30 miles), have an optimal speed of more than 400kph (248miles per hour), and can reach an elevation of 6,100 metres (20,000feet).
Famously in 2015, Reffet and Rossy flew along with an Emirates Airbus A380 double-decker jetliner over Dubai.
‘It’s the experience of liberty. Already, you understand, when I am sky diving, I have like this sensation of liberty I can like practically go where I desire however constantly decreasing,’ Reffet informed AP at the time.
‘With this machine … I can fly like a bird.’
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