His 22-mile France-to-England journey took 13 minutes, and ended when he opened his parachute system and floated down to a ploughed field not far from the White Cliffs of Dover.
PSL's production team had turned that field, which belongs to the National Trust, into a veritable media village for Rossy's sponsors, the National Geographic Channel. Handling all the site issues, including the management of the landing site, PSL's Neil Smith and Stuart McLaren had to contend with the extremes of British weather - just like the Jetman. "On our first day of build, we got absolutely soaked; later in the week, conditions were still not right and Yves had to call off his first planned attempt to cross the Channel."
The experienced PSL team took charge of all health and safety issues, and compliance on the site, putting in place the temporary power and sanitation supplies as well as the marquee structures, all branded with weatherproof signage. PSL designed and built a press conference suite for the media crews, and liaised extensively with the world's press to provide the right broadcast feeds.
(Jim Evans)
