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Jet-powered flyboard soars over Paris for Bastille Day parade (theguardian.com)
14 points by YeGoblynQueenne on July 14, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



France, from whence fuselage, empennage, aileron, longeron. You may know of Louis Blériot, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bl%C3%A9riot,

but also "Pilot Flies Through Arc de Triomphe" (1919) https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/first...

and "Airbus and Cricri battery-powered planes make historic journeys across English Channel" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airbus-cricri-battery-powered-p... (see the Cristaline launched from a biplane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdu8PV_ulQg)




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