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French inventor soars above Champs-Élysées on flyboard at Paris parade
www.france24.com ^ | 14/07/2019 - 11:21 | Staff

Posted on 07/15/2019 10:58:04 AM PDT by Red Badger

Edited on 07/15/2019 6:22:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A French inventor and entrepreneur on Sunday soared above the Champs-Elysees on a turbine engine-powered flyboard in front of President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders.

Former jet-skiing champion Franky Zapata, grasping a rifle in a sign of the possible military uses of his device, took to the air in a futuristic showpiece of the annual Bastille Day parade.


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To: NativeSon
You will have to bring your own chainsaw!............😑
21 posted on 07/15/2019 12:38:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Deal!


22 posted on 07/15/2019 12:45:13 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Red Badger

“A French inventor and entrepreneur on Sunday soared above the Champs-Elysees on a turbine engine-powered flyboard in front of President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders.”

With France’s problems with immigration and ‘yellow shirsts’ I’m surprised he wasn’t shot - carrying an assault (evil black) rifle.


23 posted on 07/15/2019 1:09:50 PM PDT by Plain Old American (Remember who said what)
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To: Red Badger

I thought Frank Zappa was dead


24 posted on 07/15/2019 3:02:25 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Long Jon No Silver

Yes, but his spirit lives on!.....And a conservative, too!..............


25 posted on 07/16/2019 6:02:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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