Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franky Zapata, a 40-year-old inventor, takes to the air in Sangatte, Northern France, at the start of his attempt to cross the ...

A French daredevil who spent years developing a jet-powered hoverboard zoomed across the English Channel on Sunday, fulfilling his quest after pulling off a tricky refuelling manoeuvre that had cut ...

Ever since Marty McFly climbed aboard a hoverboard in "Back to the Future Part II," people have been obsessed with the idea of a personal flying device. There have been multiple attempts to create ...

Yesterday, a Frenchman proved that if at first you don’t succeed, fly, fly, fly again: After a failed attempt last month, inventor Franky Zapata has successfully crossed the English Channel on his ...

After wowing the crowds by flying over the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris earlier this month, Franky Zapata attempted to cross the English Channel today on his Flyboard Air jet-powered hoverboard.

The French inventor of the jet-powered hoverboard soared over the English Channel despite wind gusts Sunday, becoming the first to cross the channel in such a futuristic way after failing in his first ...

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ST. MARGARET’S BAY, England — 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 ...

ST. MARGARET'S BAY, England (AP) — 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 ...