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Flyboard Air is a type of jetpack/hoverboard powered by gas turbines. [1] It was invented by French water-craft rider Franky Zapata , founder of Zapata racing. It achieved a Guinness World Record for farthest flight by hoverboard in April 2016 of 2,252.4 m (7,389.8 ft; 2,463.3 yd; 1.4 mi). [ 2 ]
Franky Zapata (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ki zapata]; born 27 September 1978) [1] is a French personal watercraft pilot who is the inventor of the Flyboard and Flyboard Air, and founder of Zapata Racing. Since 2012, Zapata's efforts have been focused on the development and manufacture of personal flyers for land and aquatic applications.
In 2017, Zapata had provided the U.S. Army with demonstrations of the Flyboard Air (jet-powered hoverboard) referred to as the EZ-Fly in some news reports, which suggested the price per unit might be $250,000. [14] A July 2019 report provided no indication of any serious interest by the American military as of that time for this new technology. [6]
French inventor Franky Zapata demonstrated his flyboard before President Emmanuel Macron and other European dignitaries as part of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on Sunday, July 14.Zapata ...
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Flyboard competitions, closed to only users of the Flyboard by Zapata Racing, since 2018 no longer held: Flyboard European Championship 2016 / XDubai Flyboard World Cup 2015 / XDubai Hoverboard Race 2015 / North American Flyboard Championship 2015 / XDubai Flyboard World Cup 2014 / Flyboard World Cup 2013 / Flyboard World Cup 2012 / Japan ...
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Flyboard in 2012 by Franky Zapata. [268] Another version, the Flyboard Air, an air-propelled hoverboard, [269] achieved a Guinness World Record for farthest flight by hoverboard in April 2016. [270] Kitesurf aka flysurf in the 1990s by Manu Bertin and ski mountain derivatives; Wingsuit in the 1990s by Patrick de Gayardon