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This is Francky Zapata and his flyboard air. Been showing it off around the Cannes Festival all week.
Thanks, Mike. Woo-hoo!
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Flyboard Air: https://zapata.com/air-products/flyboardair
See also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5289281/The-Segway-sky-fly.html …according to which the Flyboard uses an ‘Independent Propulsion Unit’ to fly for about ten minutes and has a top speed of 93 mph.
Video posted on Facebook shows Franky Zapata, French jet ski champion and creator of the Flyboard Air, zipping around on small turbine jet engines, pirouetting over scrub brush, and chasing down a passing freight train. The Zapata Racing website offers a variety of models, including the Flyboard Air Exp, with six small engines, and the Flyboard Air UI, designed for the American ultralight market. Under the FAQs, Zapata’s company said his device can reach a speed of 140 km per hour, or about 87 miles per hour and a flight can last from six to 10 minutes. Zapata has taken it up to 150 meters (nearly 500 feet) and believes he could go higher.
(PolitiFact 3/8/19)