Franky Zapata, 46, attempted to cross the English Channel in his AirScooter as part of a bid to impress investors in the US ...

Watch the moment French inventor Franky Zapata crashes into the sea while trying to cross the English Channel on his new ...

A vertical take off and landing air scooter flight to England has been abandoned, despite a successful lift off in France.

The hybrid electric Airscooter completes its first manned flight, paving the way for solo urban air travel without a pilot’s ...

French inventor and entrepreneur Franky Zapata took to the skies above Paris at 2019’s Bastille day parade, capturing the world’s imagination with a flying board that can reach an altitude of ...

French inventor Franky Zapata made history as the first person to cross the English Channel by hoverboard, taking off Sunday from Sangatte on France's northern coast and touching down near Dover ...

Zapata revealed that much of the 20 kg (44 lb) flyer is made from carbon fiber, with four, specially modified for purpose, 250 horsepower jet engines enclosed in an aluminum and steel frame.

Franky Zapata, a 40-year-old inventor, takes to the air in Sangatte, Northern France, at the start of his attempt to cross the channel from France to England on Thursday.

Franky Zapata, the French jet ski champion who invented the Flyboard Air, has set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight. Zapata achieved the feat Saturday morning off the ...

An 'Air scooter' developed by Zapata and piloted by company CEO Franky Zapata narrowly fails in attempt to cross the English Channel.

PARIS — Franky Zapata, the hoverboarding Frenchman who wowed Bastille Day crowds last month with a jet-powered hoverboard, successfully crossed the English Channel on his second attempt Sunday ...