Franky Zapata, speaks to the press after his failed attempt to fly across the Channel standing on a jet-powered "flyboard" on July 25, 2019 in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, northern France. - The daredevil French inventor crashed into the sea on an attempt to fly across the Channel standing on a jet-powered "flyboard", wrecking for now his dream of becoming a new aviation pioneer. Zapata, 40, a former jet-skiing champion, had to be fished out of the Channel by rescuers after falling into the clogged shipping lane between France and Britain during a tricky refuelling manouevre. (Photo by Eloise BAJOU / AFP)