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French inventor Franky Zapata,40, has made the first-ever successful Channel crossing on a jet-powered flyboard. He took off from Sangatte, near Calais, at 06:17 GMT on Sunday and landed in St Margaret’s Bay in Dover.
Mr Zapata, a former jet-ski champion, had failed in his first attempt to cross the Channel on 25 July after complications with refuelling.
For this latest attempt, a larger boat and refuelling platform were used during the 22-mile (35.4km) journey over the Strait of Dover.
Publish Date : 04 August 2019 13:48 PM
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