Second time lucky? Frenchman to attempt 'hoverboard' Channel crossing for second time Franky Zapata has become the first person to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered flyboard. The Frenchman ...

European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron were treated to a demonstration of the Flyboard Air, a sort of gas turbine-powered jetpack/hoverboard/flying platform originally invented by ...

Some people swim the English Channel between Britain and France, others prefer to sail. French inventor Franky Zapata has attempted to make the crossing on a jet-powered hoverboard – but failed.

What is more noble than man's mastery of the sky? The quest to conquer not just land and sea, but also air? The casting off of the shackles of earthbound existence? Oh, we're talking about a failed ...

Despite a valiant effort, Franky Zapata has failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on his jet-powered flyboard. The 40-year-old French inventor made it halfway across the stretch of water ...