Can This ‘Air Scooter’ Cross the English Channel Safely?

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With a self-built aircraft, the Frenchman tries to cross the English Channel. Despite good weather conditions, problems arise. Zapata returns.

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In a helicopter-like vehicle, extreme athletes and inventor Franky Zapata wanted to fly from Calais to Dover and back. The attempt failed, the airscooter crashed into the English Channel.

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Franky Zapata tried in vain to cross the strait aboard his new personal aircraft, the Air Scooter

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The French inventor was forced to land because of a technical problem, putting an end to his attempt to connect France with England aboard the Air Scooter L-inventor Franky Zapata, who

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Half-turn, crash... Franky Zapata's test aboard his new flying scooter turned into a fiasco. We'll have to wait a little longer to make flying vehicles a reality.

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While he had slendered in the middle of the afternoon to connect Dover from Sangatte aboard his "Airscooter", Franky Zapata had to turn around before falling into the water