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Franky Zapata, the French inventor of Daredevil, will attempt a second crossing of the Channel on his futuristic flyboard, a week after his first bid was put in the water.
Zapata, 40, will make her new offer of flights from northern France to southern Britain later this week.
"He does not want to fail, he will try again on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, depending on the weather," said his spokesman at the French news agency AFP.
Zapata had to be removed from the water in the middle of the Channel by the rescuers at the tender call last Thursday, after falling into the busy shipping lane during a race. tricky refueling maneuver.
His first attempt to cross The Channel, as it is called in France, provoked the astonishment of the spectators and the fans as it took off, levitating towards the sky before flying off.
"Franky is ready," said his spokesman, after Zapata had spent the weekend in Marseille repairing the damaged flyboard.
Showing of July 14
At the military parade on July 14, Zapata made the headlines in the international press when he crossed the Place de la Concorde in Paris in front of world leaders, including President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He flew over the dignitaries and onlookers gathered on the Champs-Élysées with an badault rifle, referring to earlier comments from the French Ministry of Defense that he was studying how the flyboard could be used by his troops.
The Zapata hovercraft is powered by five small engines that allow it to fly at a speed of 190 km / h for about 10 minutes before having to refuel.
(with AFP)
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