Places and Things

There are some things man was not meant to do. Flying across the English Channel on a hoverboard may be one of them. The inventor of the jet-powered Flyboard Air, Franky Zapata, attempted the feat today. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/25/flyboard-air-channel-crash/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fresize%3D2000%252C2000%252Cshrink%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-07%252F30327000-aebb-11e9-b29f-3fcd5a86cfee%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Db45a0d0f43aa0cbee5849d54fac7cab03d965b9f&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=fb1eaf088e10a2274c207a6f0b30deaef135db4f

The inventor of the Flyboard Air, Franky Zapata, says he plans to cross the English Channel on his jet-powered hoverboard on Thursday to mark the 110th anniversary of the first airplane flight between Britain and France, The Guardian reports. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20703462/flyboard-air-channel-crossing-england-france-franky-zapata-hoverboard https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64779604/1155707865.jpg.0.jpg