DOVER, England — A Swiss adventurer using a homemade jet-propelled wing has flown across the English Channel from France in less than 10 minutes.

Yves Rossy landed safely in a field near Dover on Friday.

The National Geographic Channel showed Rossy leaping from a plane at an altitude of about 2,700 metres, then firing up his wing for the 35-kilometre flight from Calais, France, to Dover, England.

Minutes later Rossy looped over onlookers on the British side.

He then opened a parachute with his wing still strapped to his back and drifted down to a field near the white cliffs of Dover.

The flight was meant to trace the route of French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first person to cross in an airplane 99 years ago.