This is actually what Jem Stansfield, presenter of the BBC's "Bang Goes the Theory" has achieved. Assisted by an exoskeleton and using only the impulse generated by pedalling, he has managed to take up and stay in the air for a few seconds in a test flight conducted at Lasham aerodrome, in the UK.
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I've heard rumors of trying to create something like this for a while. This is really cool and I hope they succeed on a high level!
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