Franky Zapata: Flyboarding Frenchman crosses English Channel

[Cheese]

Not that this is an ongoing revolution in passenger transport - I don't think the average granny could handle such a device - but it's refreshing news anyway. And it's always fun to watch a nutter finally achieving something nobody thought remotely possible. The guy certainly deserves a thread on his own. Congratulations !

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49225001

 

[Tony Lockhart]

I wonder how much a migrant would pay for one?

 

[Suffolk Tony]

Fabulous device! He travels at one hell of a speed too - 22 miles across the Channel in 22 minutes, including a refuelling stop. Want one...

 

[Derek Wright]

Good job he did this before Brexit otherwise he would have hover outside of the UK waiting for custom cleearance

 

[Mullardman]

I am appalled!! Damned Frenchies coming over here without so much as a 'by your leave'.. Should have learned their lesson in 1805..

The Froggy bounders are making a habit of this. what with that Bleriot fellow and now this... It's becoming a regular provocation and insult to our sovereignty and our borders

It's high time we re-opened Biggin Hill and shot the blighter out of the sky with a squadron of Spitfires!! Eh?.. What?.. Con't .P.94...

 

[Swamp Thing]

The DoT will surely award him a contract for emergency Brexit logistics.

 

[JensenHealey]

Nice to see an eccentric Frenchman - nice chap too.

 

[Still]

Is Zapata French for Zappa?

I wonder how much a migrant would pay for one?

Incoming or outgoing?

 

[TheDecameron]

The DoT will surely award him a contract for emergency Brexit logistics.

He’s going to woo the tabloid press by bringing over Julie Cope’s heart tablets from France to Essex where she was havin an attack of the vapours cos Boots had run out owing to the do or die Brexit

 

[vuk]

where is the board?

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

I wonder how much a migrant would pay for one?

Any migrant successfully reaching the UK on one of these deserves automatic citizenship.

 

[TheDecameron]

Zoom Allures!

 

[hifinutt]

yes well done, he failed at the first attempt so glad he was finally successful