Who is Franky Zapata, the flying soldier who captivated the world

Franky Zapata is a 40-year-old French pilot and inventor who yesterday surprised the whole world aboard his dashboard, standing out from the 4,300 soldiers of the main European powers who marched for
the celebration of July 14 in Paris.

The images of French President Emmanuel Macron captivated by the "flying soldier" armed with an badault rifle on his left hand and a joystick on his right hand traveled the planet and became the most commented event of an event in which thousands of people participated. combat troops, 196 vehicles, 237 horses, 69 aircraft and 39 helicopters that marched on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris.

The flyboard is a flying board created by former world water skiing champion Franky Zapata. The aircraft is composed of a team of four turbines up to 200 km / h and sophisticated electronics allowing it to fly steadily, according to
France 24.

Franky Zapata was born on September 27th, 1978 in Marseille and was jet ski champion for the first time at 16 years old. Since then, he has repeatedly won the F1 RUN World Championship for water skiing. His official biography says that in 1998, he started making parts for water bikes to be faster and that was the beginning of the Flyboard project.

The flyboard that Franky flew over the world's most powerful armies is a ship similar to the prototype introduced by the inventor in 2013, but with some structural modifications.

Since then, the flying table has continued to add members to the point that currently exists the Flyboard World Cup.