Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franky Zapata, a 40-year-old inventor, takes to the air in Sangatte, Northern France, at the start of his attempt to cross the ...

Franky Zapata has been driven by a single dream since he was little: being able to fly. Not in an airplane, he says, since the windows function like a screen, but like a bird. As the French inventor ...

A man soared over Bastille Day celebrations in Paris Sunday on a flying board, dazzling the crowd and President Emmanuel Macron. French inventor and entrepreneur Franky Zapata piloted the jet powered ...

PARIS — A man soared over Bastille Day celebrations in Paris Sunday on a flying board, dazzling the crowd and President Emmanuel Macron. French inventor and entrepreneur Franky Zapata piloted the jet ...