--- title: Watch These Jetpack Men Fly Beside a Plane Over Dubai description: The footage shows the world's largest passenger aircraft at 4,000 feet joined the Jetman Dubai team canonical: https://time.com/4101944/dubai-jetpacks-plane/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-05T21:09:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:40.514Z og:title: Watch Jetpack-Wearing Daredevils Race an Airbus Over Dubai og:description: It may be an ad for Emirates, but it really happened og:url: https://time.com/4101944/dubai-jetpacks-plane/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jetpack-Wearing Daredevils Race an Airbus Over Dubai twitter:description: It may be an ad for Emirates, but it really happened twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jetpack-Wearing Daredevils Race an Airbus Over Dubai by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Nov 5, 2015 9:09 PM UTC by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Nov 5, 2015 9:09 PM UTC Emirates Airlines and the Jetman Dubai duo hit the skyline over the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai for an insane flight formation. The footage shows the world’s largest passenger aircraft at 4,000 feet joined by the Jetman Dubai team, who were deployed from a helicopter that was 1,500 feet above the aircraft. The Jetmen are daredevils Yves rossy and Vince Reffet, who worked closely with the Emirates team to plan the showcase. Check it out as the two men fly beside the aircraft before breaking off on their own at the end of the breathtaking stunt. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4101944/dubai-jetpacks-plane/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4101944/dubai-jetpacks-plane/"},"headline":"Watch Jetpack-Wearing Daredevils Race an Airbus Over Dubai","datePublished":"2015-11-05T21:09:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:40.514Z","description":"It may be an ad for Emirates, but it really happened","url":"https://time.com/4101944/dubai-jetpacks-plane/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4101944/dubai-jetpacks-plane/","name":"Watch Jetpack-Wearing Daredevils Race an Airbus Over Dubai"}}]}] ```