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What happens when you hand over a nifty bit of aeronautical kit to a (wo)man who’s got more bravery than sense? Insane air stunts, that’s what.

Check out these five crazy cases of agile, aerobatic antics.

Man with jetpack flies in formation alongside jet fighters

200 mph seriously low flyby

Warning: this video contains some colourful language, so be sure to turn off your sound if you think you’ll be offended

Man first climbs, then hangs onto wing mid-flight

Pilot flies upside down through a hole in a mountain

Slapstick drunkard steals an aeroplane

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

(Featured image: Jet Man | Yves Rossy)

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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