ITN London News has reported that the Swiss airline pilot, known as 'Fusion Man', has successefully crossed the Channel from Calais to Dover this afternoon. National Geographic Live screened the flight, as the pilot exited from a Piltaus Turbo Porter over the French coast, went into freefall before deploying his wing, then climbed and turned under jet-power, heading across the Channel. The flight took less than ten minutes, and following a safe parachute descent and landing, the pilot was mobbed by the waiting crowd, before being escorted safely away by Police.
Good video clip of the exit, air to air of part of the flight, and ground to air of the landing, on National Geographic Live.
Terry.