SANGATTE, France — A French aviation buff and inventor glided partway over the English Channel on a homemade “flyboard” Thursday — then crashed in the sea. Undeterred, he plans to try again. After ...

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 ...

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.

France’s government undertook a weird publicity stunt this week with President Emmanuel Macron sharing a short video on social media of a soldier carrying a rifle while piloting a flyboard. Except the ...

On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron shared an unusual video showing a man on a flying platform — widely characterized as a "hoverboard" — maneuvering through the skies above the Bastille Day ...

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 ...

LONDON — Last week, the world learned that Franky Zapata could fly, thanks to a dazzling Bastille Day performance on his hoverboard in Paris. On Thursday, as he tried to cross the English Channel, the ...

SANGATTE, France -- A French aviation buff and inventor glided partway over the English Channel on a homemade "flyboard" Thursday - then crashed in the sea. Undeterred, he plans to try again. After ...

The Flyboard Air from Zapata Racing takes the hoverboard concept to new heights with what looks like a compact, powerful one-person hovering machine. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

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 ...

Franky Zapata has been driven by a single dream since he was little: being able to fly. Not in an airplane, he says, since the windows function like a screen, but like a bird. As the French inventor ...

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