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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This video shows him reaching a height of 50 meters (165ft) above the surface in a flight that lasted just under seven minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The record-breaking REAL hoverboard: Watch French daredevil travel more than 2,250 meters on his jet powered gadget </b></span><br />
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<span id="ext-gen140" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Last month, Franky Zapata stunned the world by revealing his jet powered 'hoverboard' that could travel at 90mph (150km/h).</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen139" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Now, the French jet ski champion has gone one better by smashing the world record for the farthest flight on a hoverboard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
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Last month, Franky Zapata stunned the 
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90mph (150km/h). Now, the French jet ski champion has gone one better by
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i><b>FLYBOARD AIR: KEY STATS</b></i></span></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Flyboard Air claims to allow users to fly untethered through the sky to an incredible height of 10,000 feet.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">That's equal to the height of nearly seven Empire State buildings stacked on top of each other</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It uses an 'Independent Propulsion Unit' to fly for about 10 minute and has a top speed of 93mph (150 km/h).</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, there are \no details on how Zapata controls the Flyboard, leading many to doubt the design.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
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the previous record of 275.9 meters (905ft) by Canadian Catlin Alexandru
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Zapata achieved the feat on a craft developed by his company Zapata Racing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He also held an earlier Guinness record for doing 26 backflips with a water jet pack in a single minute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Speaking
 at a press conference following the successful attempt, a delighted 
Zapata told reporters: 'This has really been a life's work.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Zapata's
 original Flyboards are popular with the likes of Justin Bieber and 
Kylie Jenner - but his latest invention put Marty McFly's hoverboard to 
shame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Dubbed
 the FlyBoard Air, the device ditches water jets for what appears to be a
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The Flyboard Air claims to allow users
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Zapata reached a height of 50 meters (165ft) above the surface of the water and was in the air for just under seven minutes</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Flyboard Air claims to allow users to fly untethered through the sky to an incredible height of 10,000 feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">That's equal to the height of nearly seven Empire State buildings stacked on top of each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Last month, Zapata released the first footage showing his new Flyboard Air in action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 device uses an 'Independent Propulsion Unit' to fly for about 10 minute
 and has a top speed of 93mph (150 km/h), Zapata Racing claims.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><i>In this video</i> Zapata
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 of 34mph with a flight time of 3 minutes 55 seconds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, The Verge points out that the video doesn't show exactly how he takes off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There are also no specific details on how Zapata is controlling the Flyboard or what exactly is powering it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The video, however, does show a joystick that appears to be wired to the base of the device. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There is no word on when the Flyboard Air will be available for purchase, or if it will ever be released to the public.</span></div>
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A Guinness World Records official was 
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attempt. The Flyboard Air claims to allow users to fly untethered 
through the sky to an incredible height of 10,000 feet</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And prior to the record-breaking attempt, the system had its sceptics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Yoni Heisler writing in <a class="" href="http://bgr.com/2016/04/11/hoverboard-video-flyboard-air-fake-or-real/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">BGR.com</a> says: 'The video is undoubtedly incredible, but sad to say that there's no way that this can be real, right?'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I mean, the laws of physics simply won't allow it.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In
 a comment accompanying the video, Zapata Racing writes: 'The 
Independent Propulsion Unit represents 4 years of hard work for a result
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Although
 the UFO is still in prototype phase and won't be on the market in 2016,
 it has exactly the same behavior as the WFD Flyboard Pro Series.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Zapata has yet to respond to DailyMail.com to comment on the device.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Franky
 Zapata amazed the world in 2011 with the release of his Flyboard, which
 uses a water jetpack to propel users into the air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This
 latest $2,675 (£1,577) version features a skateboard-shaped craft that 
will enable the rider to perform tricks, including somersaults and 
spins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The device can get up to 16mph as it 'surfs' in mid-air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Zapata isn't the only one trying to create Back to the Future-style hoverboards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Last year, Canadian inventor Alexandru Duru set the world record for longest continuous flight on his custom-built hoverboard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Gliding
 275.9m (905ft 2in), or the length of two football fields, across the 
surface of Lake Ouareau in Quebec, Duru earned himself a spot in the 
Guinness Book of World Records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">During
 the video Duru can be seen hovering around 16ft above the surface of 
the lake, which is much higher than Marty ever achieved in the film 
franchise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Zapata's latest device went to almost twice that height, but it remains to be seen how it really works.</span></div>
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