French aviation buff and inventor tries to cross the English Channel on a homemade 'flyboard' but fails halfway through.
Franky Zapata, "Le Rocketman", a 40-year-old inventor, performs a training flight over the Saint Inglevert airport near Calais, Northern France, Wednesday July 24, 2019. Zapata, the man who wowed the crowd on Bastille Day, whirling over France’s invited leaders on his flyboard, is making final checks for his biggest challenge: soaring across the English Channel.
After careful preparations, Franky Zapata took off from the French coastal town of Sangatte fastened to the small flying platform he designed. From afar, it looked like he was skateboarding on the sky. CNews television cited people close to Zapata as saying his journey was cut short when he hit the refueling boat and fell in the water.
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