“It's my third head trauma but I didn't lose consciousness for very long… Five or six minutes only, it's not a very big trauma.
“For ordinary mortals, three head injuries, five minutes of loss of consciousness, it's scary.
But not for Franky Zapata.
"I should be at rest as advised by my doctor," he admits.
But the flying man does not stay in place.
A few days after his accident, he answers us about this fall, the images of which are impressive.
We see the inventor of the famous Flyboard Air take to the skies while spinning like a top.
Then move away towards a lake and fall into the water.
“I chose the solution of heading for the water as indicated in our protocols in the event of problems, then I cut the gas,” he explains.
The result is immediate, the machine and its inventor drop like a stone into the liquid.
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“Honestly, it feels good, it refreshes the spirits, launches the Provençal inventor, who made himself known by flying over Emmanuel Macron and the Champs-Élysées during the military parade on July 14 in 2019. We are not birds and at the slightest mistake, gravity wins!
The reasons for the crash are identified and complex.
“We sinned by trust, admits Franky.
You have to add security because I have to stay alive and at the same time someone has to stick to it.
The level of risk that I accept to take so that the clients behind do not take it is multiplied by 10,000.