Crossing English Channel on Flyboard Air Jet Hoverboard

Flying Frenchman crosses English channel on jet powered hoverboard. Flyboard Air is now the world’s first jet powered hoverboard to cross the English channel. Flyboard Air is a personal aviation transport, the hoverboard is powered by five small jet engines which produce 1500 horsepower. It has enough kerosene fuel in it’s backpack to fly for about 10-12 minutes, and can fly at speeds up to about 110 mph, and it HAS the capability of flying upto 10 thousand feet, but only IF you could carry enough fuel. The Flyboard Air can take off anywhere & land anywhere. In case you are wondering, yes the original Flyboard is the Jetski water version of the Flyboard Air. MILITARY APPLICATIONS France's military has also sought to develop the technology for itself, and recently gave his company, Z-AIR, a €1.3m ($1.4m; £1.28m) grant. In an interview with France Inter radio, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said the flyboard could serve several purposes, "for example as a flying logistical platform or, indeed, as an assault platform Expected Retail price of the Flyboard Air will be around $297,500 euro or about $330,000 US dollars. They are currently not for sale but are taking pre-orders. Thanks for watching. #flyboard #hoverboard #jetboard #zapata #englishchannel ___________________________________________________________________ CREDIT LINKS ► Zapata Youtube Channel -    / @zapata_company   ► Zapata Website - https://www.zapata.com/en ► France to England Crossing Footage - Étoile Noire / Julian Nodowlsky _____________________________________________________________________ 🔔 🔔 WONDER WORLD CHANNEL & VIDEO INFORMATION 🔔 🔔 🔵 Wonder World Twitter -   / wonderworld_ytc   ✅ For personal story suggestions or business enquiries about product stories / reviews, please contact me on my email from the ABOUT page. Note: All suggestions are welcome, but may not be chosen as they are not suitable for this channel. ❌ COPYRIGHT : Please do not ask for permission to use footage in this video, or the whole video itself, as the ownership of all footage remains that of the owners who gave me permission to use it. If you want to use any of the footage click on the links above and seek permission from the owners.