瑞士“火箭人”成功飞越美国大峡谷

　　组织者本周二称，瑞士探险家伊夫 罗西身背喷气动力翼，成功飞越美国科罗拉多大峡谷。几天前，罗西曾因热身时间不够，取消了原定飞行计划。

　　Swiss 'JetMan' makes Grand Canyon flight

　　瑞士“火箭人”成功飞越美国大峡谷

　　A Swiss adventurer has finally made a "historic" jetpack-powered flight above the Grand Canyon, organizers claimed Tuesday, days after he canceled a bid saying he had not trained enough.

　　组织者本周二称，瑞士探险家伊夫 罗西身背喷气动力翼，成功飞越美国科罗拉多大峡谷。几天前，罗西曾因热身时间不够，取消了原定飞行计划。

　　Yves Rossy, dubbed "JetMan," completed the eight-minute flight at the weekend, his support team said in a press release four days after Friday's failed attempt, which journalists had been invited to watch.

　　伊夫 罗西的支持团队发表声明称，绰号“火箭人”的伊夫 罗西上周末完成了这次历时8分钟的飞行。上周五，他未能完成首次试飞，当时有媒体到场。

　　Pictures and videos released by organizers showed him being dropped from a helicopter and then soaring above the world-famous landmark, his jet-pack wing strapped to his back, before deploying a parachute to land on the canyon floor.

　　据公布的图片和视频展示，伊夫 罗西身背喷气动力翼跳出直升机机舱，之后飞越世界著名的科罗拉多大峡谷，随后打开降落伞降落到谷底。

　　He flew at speeds of up to 190 mph (304 kilometers an hour), skimming the rockscape just 200 feet (65 meters) above the rim of the canyon, the statement said.

　　声明称，伊夫 罗西的飞行最高时速为每小时190英里（合每小时304公里），飞行高度为峡谷上方200英尺（合65米）。