Flyboard inventor poised for record Channel crossing
by Kim Willsher in Paris from on (#4KT8E)
Franky 'Flyman' Zapata set for takeoff on invention that wowed Macron and Merkel
The French hoverboard star Franky Zapata will attempt to cross the Channel on Thursday using the invention that wowed world leaders and Champs-ilysi(C)es crowds on Bastille Day.
The former jetski champion will attempt to make the 20-minute crossing on his turbo-powered hoverboard - the Flyboard Air - to mark the 110th anniversary of French aviator Louis Bli(C)riot's first cross-Channel airplane flight.
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