Flyboard inventor fails in cross-channel bid.

PositionFranky Zapata failed to cross the English Channel using his jet-powered flyboard

A French inventor has failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered flyboard. Franky Zapata, a former jet-ski champion, had been hoping to cross from northern France to southern England in just 20 minutes.

But the 40-year-old fell into the water halfway across as he tried to land on...

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