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Pilot and jet-ski champion Franky Zapata breaks the Guiness World Records of the farthest flight by hoverboard with the IPU Flyboard Air after covering a distance of 2,252.4 meters (7,389.76 ft) with
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French inventor Franky Zapata is first person in history to cross English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard not much bigger than a tea tray
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