GenevaLunch » English Channel http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Jetman gets Gibraltar dunkinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/25/jetman-gets-gibraltar-dunking/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/25/jetman-gets-gibraltar-dunking/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:44:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32355 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – “Jetman” Yves Rossy, former Swiss military and commercial pilot, found himself in the water, uninjured, after failing to fly from Morocco to Spain. The 50-year-old was attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar with a jet engine strapped to his back, in a feat similar to his crossing of the English [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/13/strange-saga-of-cargo-boat-that-disappeared-worries-maritime-industry/feed/ 0 Haute Savoie paraglider soars across the Channel, minus his birdhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/22/haute-savoie-paraglider-soars-across-the-channel-minus-his-bird/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/22/haute-savoie-paraglider-soars-across-the-channel-minus-his-bird/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:24:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=22727 GenevaLunch.com [with video] Blanc Nez, France (GenevaLunch) – Jacques-Olivier Travers and his famous eagle Sherkan were to fly across the English Channel, leaving from the Cap Blanc Nez in France and heading for Dover, but the bird had a case of cold feet and went straight back to France Tuesday 21 July. Travers jumped from a [...]

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