We're both strapped into a nearly 100-pound contraption called a Flyboard, sitting on the edge of a dock, wearing helmets and wetsuits, arms Velcro'd against what's similar to lightweight ski poles. A ...

French pilot Franky Zapata flies his Flyboard jetpack during the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Credit: VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images The mysterious figure known as the "jetpack man" ...

For about three years now, a Frenchman by the name of Franky Zapata has been trying to prove the world that his personal air vehicle is a viable tech. Called by the media hoverboard, or jetpack, the ...

Franky Zapata, the French inventor known for his homemade jetpack, crashed during a demonstration flight in France on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Despite falling into a lake with his "flyboard" invention ...