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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.
Zapata reached a speed of 180 km/h (110 mph) and maintained an altitude of approximately 15 meters (49 feet). [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Zapata's company, Z-AIR, had received a €1.3m grant from the French military in December 2018. [ 11 ]
Franky Zapata on a Flyboard Air in 2022. 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]
Looking like a superhero, Franky Zapata successfully completed the famed 35-kilometer (22-mile) journey in just 22 minutes Sunday morning, reaching speeds of up to 177 kilometers per hour (110 mph ...
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 ...
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
A man whose wife was on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. has revealed the final text he received from her before the crash.. On ...
On 23 May 1969, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules was stolen from RAF Mildenhall by a United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft mechanic who ultimately crashed it into the English Channel. Though some parts of the plane washed up on the Channel Islands within days of the crash, the larger wreck remained undiscovered until November 2018, nearly 50 years ...