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- Westcore Starts Europe Airport Biz With $100M
LAUSANEE, SWITZERLAND-Westcore Properties has started an airport acquisition, development and operation business here called Airport Development Partners and allocated $100 million to get it off the ground. The firm is currently in negotiations to
- Swiss 'Fusionman' takes to the skies
Icarus crashed and burned when he flew too close to the sun but a modern-day Swiss adventurer had a happier landing when testing his new jet-powered 'wing'. Yves Rossy, the self-styled 'Fusionman', leapt into the skies 2500 metres above the small town of
- Swiss 'Rocket Man' Soars over Alps
Swiss 'Rocket Man' Soars over Alps : After strapping on a homemade jet-powered device, a Swiss pilot became a human 'rocket man' after gave a public demonstration of his personal flying machine. A commercial pilot for Swiss Air, Yves Rossy has spent five
- Swiss Man Flies With Jet Powered Wing
NotBornYesterday writes 'After spending $190,000 and 'countless hours' building a set of jet-powered wings, a Swiss man has successfully demoed this ultimate mother-of-all-toys. After jumping from a plane like a skydiver, he then lit the four jet engines
- Swiss survey: US maintains edge in competitiveness
The United States topped world competitiveness rankings for the 15th straight year, but its economy is showing the same signs of weakness that sank booming Japan in the early 1990s, according to an annual survey released Thursday. Asian tigers Singapore
- Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing
A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps. Yves Rossy's performance in front of the world press capped
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Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers and Switzerland was not involved in either of the two World Wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, may be rendering obsolete the country's concern for neutrality.
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Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps.
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