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French 'Flying Man' crosses Channel on jet-powered hoverboard

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12.15.2021

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French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboardhe designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in just over 20 minutes.

After a previous bid in July that ended with him falling into the sea, Zapata took off from Sangatte, just outside Calais in France at about 0617 GMT, on a little platform powered by five small jet engines and carrying kerosene in a backpack.

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