Franky Zapata, a 40-year-old inventor, takes to the air in Sangatte, Northern France, at the start of his attempt to cross the channel from France to England, aboard his flyboard, Sunday Aug. 4, 2019.

PARIS — A French inventor will try again to traverse the English Channel on a flying board after his first attempt failed halfway. Franky Zapata’s wife, Christele, said Wednesday that he will retry ...

A man soared over Bastille Day celebrations in Paris Sunday on a flying board, dazzling the crowd and President Emmanuel Macron. French inventor and entrepreneur Franky Zapata piloted the jet powered ...

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Though the sky is ripe for disruption with jetpacks and flying cars, we are stuck on the ground partly because we want to be. By Heather Murphy Over the weekend, a video of a man gliding over Paris on ...

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He's not Iron Man or any other superhero who can fly, but an inventor did wow the crowd who gathered to celebrate Bastille Day Sunday, swooping over their heads on a flying board. Franky Zapata ...

A man soared over Bastille Day celebrations in Paris Sunday on a flying board, dazzling the crowd and President Emmanuel Macron. A man soared over Bastille Day celebrations in Paris Sunday on a flying ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A man soared over Bastille Day celebrations ...