Landing the Flyboard Air showcases the precision and control required to bring a jet-powered flying machine safely back to ...

A flyboard is basically a water-powered jetpack that is strapped to your feet with wakeboard bindings. A firehose connected below your feet runs to a pump on the back of a personal watercraft. When ...

French inventor Franky Zapata has successfully crossed the English Channel for the first time on a jet-powered flyboard. Zapata took off from Sangatte, near Calais and landed in St Margaret’s Bay in ...

Since childhood, Berat has been a PC gamer who strives to play indie games with a true sense of exploration. In his spare time, Berat often reads some of the darkest manga series, such as Berserk and ...

Franky Zapata, the French inventor-slash-daredevil who flew across the English Channel on a hoverboard, has launched an ‘airscooter’ to go alongside his jet-powered flyboard and flying deckchair.

Franky Zapata made his name in the 1990s with his Jet-Ski team Zapata Racing. He then went from winning seven world titles in Europe to developing a series of flying toys connected to water jets that ...

After winning jet-ski competitions all over the world and boldly flying across the English Channel on a hoverboard he designed and built, inventor Franky Zapata wants to land in the automotive ...

Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a French inventor flying over the English Channel on his hoverboard. Looking like a superhero, Franky Zapata successfully completed the famed 35-kilometer (22-mile) ...

Franky Zapata flew at speeds of up to 190 kilometers per hour during his successful crossing on the state-of-the-art hoverboard. He "really enjoyed" the last leg of the 35-kilometer voyage across the ...

A Frenchman who has captured the country's imagination with his jet-powered "flyboard" will make a new bid to cross the English Channel after a failed first attempt last week, his team said on Tuesday ...

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 ...