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"Safety" - he's technically correct, but I believe it is guaranteed death if he'd try it: "The suit can currently fly uninterrupted for around 10 minutes." That leads me to the assumption that if he climbs up to a few thousand feet or goes full throttle to reach that speed, he'll be out of fuel faster than he can break & land.

adding a parachute might help, at least once he's high enough.

Sounds like the next extreme sport. rocket up.. wingsuit/parachute down.

Yves "Jetman" Rossy does that on the way down. Up with a helo, flying with a wing, propulsion jet engines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNaZCDhvh88

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