40-year-old Franky Zapata completed the 35-kilometer (22-mile) journey in 22 minutes, setting off from the French coastal town of Sangatte to land in St Margaret's Bay near Dover in the UK
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A French inventor has crossed the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard. Franky Zapata's hoverboard is powered by kerosene which he carries in a backpack.
He took off from Sangatte near Calais and reached Dover in just over 20 minutes
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