A French inventor failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard when he was knocked into the water as he landed on a boat-mounted refueling platform, his technical ...

Hovering around the English Channel Tomorrow, a French man will attempt to cross the English Channel using a flyboard. Reporter Catherine Norris-Trent joins us with more.

SANGATTE, France (AP) — 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.

A Frenchman who has spent years developing a jet-powered hoverboard zoomed across the English Channel on Sunday after a first attempt last month was cut short when he fell into the water while trying ...