He may have failed to cross the channel today but how cool is the video in this story? An actual flying man, no wings, but jets from his feet. I'm loathe to call it a hoverboard as in my head that is something that is limited to flying just above the ground (if it even existed). This is just standing up and flying, like Iron Man. Small problem with fuelling it if he needed to stop and refuel part way across the channel, but still. It's my birthday on Saturday, just saying.
The invention, which is about the size of a skateboard, is powered by five small jet engines and fuelled by kerosene which is kept in the rider's backpack.
Paul Clarke's blog - I live in Hythe in the far South. Wed to Clare and dad to two, I am a full stack web engineer, + I do js / Node, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, parkrun, eating, home automation + other diy jiggery-pokery, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.