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French 'flying man' succeeds in bid to cross English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard

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French '''flying man''' succeeds in bid to cross English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard

Franky Zapata abandoned a previous attempt after failing to land on a refuelling platform and falling into the sea.

SANGATTE, France — French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard he designed, after a previous ended with him falling into the sea.

Standing on a platform powered by five small jet engines and carrying kerosene in a backpack, Zapata took off from Sangatte, just outside Calais in France early Sunday morning, trailed by three helicopters.
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This time he carried extra fuel (kerosene) in a backpack & made it from Calais to Dover in 20 minutes.
 
In his native language one might say he had les couilles.
 
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