Franky Zapata’s Flyboard Air Is the World’s Only Flying Hoverboard – Robb Report
, 2023-01-14 14:04:00 
Franky Zapata made his name in the 1990s with his Jet-Ski team Zapata Racing. He then went from winning seven world titles in Europe to developing a series of flying toys connected to water jets that propel the rider high above the water. Then he set up a touring water show with athletes riding those toys with Hollywood-level production.
But what, Zapata thought, if you got rid of the hoses and used real jet engines? Like the kind used on jetpacks and flying motorcycles?
Zapata on the Flyboard Air.
The Flyboard Air is the smallest jet-engine aircraft in the world, a hoverboard that makes Marty McFly’s nuclear-powered skateboard look like a toy. Plus, it’s flown by a single hand control.
Zapata achieved a Guinness World Record for farthest flight by a hoverboard of 1.4 miles, and in 2019, he successfully crossed the English Channel, carrying a backpack full of jet fuel to refuel midway and a parachute. Two French military helicopters escorted Zapata on the 20-minute flight.
If the boot fits . . . the world’s smallest jet aircraft.
Courtesy Zapata Racing
The French inventor recently showed off his new one-person eVTOL called the Air Racer, which has a similar design as the Jetson One and RotorX Dragon.
But his passion remains the Flyboard Air, which Zapata…
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