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French inventor Franky Zapata lands near St. Margaret's beach, Dover after crossing the Channel on a flying board Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

French hoverboard inventor flies over the English Channel

By THOMAS ADAMSON and JASON PARKINSON - Associated Press

Frenchman to retry ‘flyboard’ trip across English Channel

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Franky Zapata, &quot;Le Rocketman&quot;, 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. Zapata is to take off on Thursday anchored to his flyboard _ a small flying platform he invented _ from Sangatte, in France’s Pas de Calais region, and hopes to land in the Dover area. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Air-board inventor makes it more than halfway across Channel

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press

Franky Zapata, &quot;Le Rocketman&quot;, a 40-year-old inventor, performs a training flight over the Saint Inglevert airport near Calais, Northern France, Wednesday July 24, 2019. On Thursday, Zapata will attempt to fly into the record books by becoming the first person in human history to zoom across the Channel aboard a jet-powered 'hover-board'. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Frenchman to try flying across Channel on his flyboard

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