Podcasts about zapata racing

Carl George, Sr. VP - Development, HCA Inc. (retired) and David Conrad, Legendary Nashville Songwriter and Music Executive share a friendship and a deep passion for vintage automobile racing. DrivinLife caught up with Carl and David in Carls 20,000 square foot garage. Or is it a vintage automobile showroom? Or maybe its a museum.....What ever you want to call it, it's cool! Join us as we talk about what started the love affair with automobiles. What got them into racing and the creation of the Zapata Racing Team. Carl tells us about his garage and how its become something more than just a space for family and friends to park their cars. Most of all, listen to the stories and hear the smiles in their voices, and the good times in their laughter. Owen and I are blessed to be able to sit down with so many wonderful individuals, share their stories and create new friendships. Thanks for coming along with us. Thank you Carl and David for taking a minute to sit down with us. Enjoy the episode, Zapata Racing!

   Dans cet épisode, je reçois Franky Zapata, l'homme qui a concrétisé un rêve, celui de voler. Jamais il n'a donné une interview aussi longue où il détaille ses débuts, son parcours, ses difficultés, ses accidents… 2h. J'en suis très fier ! Au début, je présente Franky comme un fan de super héros, de retour vers le futur, un Tony Stark français, c'est vraiment ça ! Lorsqu'il élabore ses prototypes, il nous raconte qu'il trouve l'inspiration dans la science-fiction : le 5ème élément pour sa voiture volante, la façon de diriger son Flyboard air avec ses mains, qu'il emprunte à Iron Man… Franky Zapata nous démontre dans cet épisode que tout est possible. Enfant, il est en échec scolaire, il quitte l'école à 15 ans. C'est un rêveur. Son but est de voler. Il essaye de faire un CAP, de travailler avec son père… mais s'ennuie. Il décide de passer sa licence pour être pilote d'hélicoptère, mais lors d'une visite médicale, le médecin se rend compte que Franky est daltonien. Son rêve est impossible. Malgré tout, il aime le sport, et la vitesse. Il débute par du snowboard, puis du jet ski.  Il sent qu'il est doué pour ça, il fait corps avec le jet. La première année, il devient champion de France en 1996. Dès lors, il enchaine les titres de champions d'Europe et champions du monde en 1997. Franky décide alors de lancer son propre jet ski. Il n'a jamais fait de moulage, mais ne se décourage pas. Après plusieurs tentatives, il réussit et commercialise son jet ski.  Il se rend compte très vite, que la turbine du jet, est un formidable réservoir de puissance : 1 tonne de pression. Lui qui a toujours son rêve de voler dans un coin de sa tête, décide de récupérer cette puissance. Il branche un tuyau à la sortie de la turbine du jet, et de l'autre côté, il adapte un snowboard acheté chez Décathlon. Sa première tentative ne fonctionne pas, il ne décolle que de 5 cm. Il refait ses calculs, fait des modifications et là ça fonctionne parfaitement. Alors qu'il part en Chine pour un championnat de jet, il prend son engin, et fait une présentation devant des milliers de téléspectateurs.  Les gens n'en croient pas leurs yeux. C'est le début de l'aventure du Flyboard eau qu'il vendra à plus de 15000 exemplaires. Voici une vidéo de démonstration lors de l'émission incroyable talent : https://vimeo.com/78705259 Mais pour Franky Zapata, c'est cool, mais ce n'est pas ça voler. Une heure après être monté sur son Flyboard, il se dit, ce serait mieux sans le tuyau. Il se lance dans la fabrication du Flyboard Air.  C'est une machine composée de 5 réacteurs de modélisme développant 1000 chevaux. Lors du 1er essai, le Flyboard s'affole, Franky tente de le maîtriser, et ça lui coutera 3 phalanges que par chance on réussit à lui recoudre. Persévérant, il continue, et arrive enfin à faire voler son engin.  Par la suite, il enchaine les shows et démonstrations, dont les plus connus sont ceux du 14 juillet 2019, lors du défilé et la traversée de la Manche pour laquelle il y a aura 2 tentatives (les 25 juillet et 4 août 2019). Dans cette conversation, Franky nous parle également des difficultés qu'il rencontre avec les habitants qui se plaignent des nuisances sonores et la pollution que le Flyboard Air occasionnerait, alors que Franky ne vole qu'une fois par semaine, et que ce vol ne dure que quelques minutes. Il revient également sur les difficultés qu'il a plus ou moins surmontées avec la DGAC (Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile) qui a failli le faire quitter la France. Enfin, j'ai eu le plaisir et l'immense honneur de voir sa future voiture volante qu'il va proposer comme une attraction à Las Vegas. Encore une fois, la législation française ne l'autorise pas à le faire voler en France. Nous terminons cet entretien par des questions personnelles, auxquelles Franky répond avec sincérité. On m'avait dit « tu vas voir, il est cool ». C'est exactement ce que j'ai pu constater, Franky est cool, simple et vraiment très accueillant.

I know for a fact that we’ve all wondered whether someone could successfully fly across the English Channel on a homemade hoverboard. I mean… right? We’ve thought about that?Well, the short answer is no… you cannot. Or, not yet anyway.Yesterday, French inventor Franky Zapata took his “flyboard” to the French coastal town of Sangatte and hit the skies, attempting to be the first person to cross the Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard. The endeavor was scheduled on the 110th anniversary of the first airplane flight over the channel, and Zapata set out via the beach named after the pilot, Louis Bleriot.Zapata and his device, dubbed the “Flyboard Air” might feel a little familiar, and that’s because he gained international attention a few weeks back when French President Emmanuel Macron Tweeted footage of the sky surfer flying over a parade in honor of Bastille Day. Oh, and he was carrying a rifle, which people had mixed feelings about, reportedly in order to emphasize the military potential of the board.He must have been flying high on the exposure because he didn’t wait long to attempt to cross the channel on Flyboard Air, which can reportedly reach speeds of 60 miles per hour.The section Zapata chose to traverse is 22.4 miles wide and though he carried a kerosene pack to help power the board, he was expecting to stop halfway through to refuel. Unfortunately, that’s when the problems occurred. In attempting to land on a boat to gas up, he missed the platform due to movement caused by choppy waves and, instead, fell into the sea.He was rescued by divers and is reportedly fine. Zapata’s wife told the Associated Press that he would try again because “he never sits back after a failure.” Or maybe somebody else will try? According to Zapata’s company – Zapata Racing – it only takes 20 hours of training to teach a pilot to be proficient at using the vehicle.

On this weeks installment of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about how an Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim star 39 light years away has a hazy atmosphere that could indicate the presence of a “water world”. It is one of the first times astronomers have been able to detect an atmosphere surrounding a small rocky planet. Then, a man in Texas released footage on Sunday containing an unidentified flying object. The anonymous man says he was driving to his local grocery store in San Antonio last Wednesday at about 8:30 p.m. when he noticed the anomaly. Then, a futuristic video has emerged of a man flying on a hoverboard across the Atlantic Ocean. The video shows Franky Zapata, chief executive of Zapata Racing, whizzing over the sea off the coast of France on a hoverboard that is available for the public to hire. Mr Zapata is riding the record-breaking Flyboard Air, which has previously hit the headlines for travelling at more than 34mph. He managed to travel 50 metres above the surface of the Atlantic for just under seven minutes in the most recent flight. Then, scientists are crooning over new pictures that confirm the survival of the New Guinea highland wild dog, which until now was feared to be extinct in its natural habitat on the South Pacific island. Thought to be among the rarest species of canine, the highland wild dogs are either the same as or close relatives of the famous singing dogs of New Guinea, which exist only in captivity. More than a hundred camera-trap pictures taken in 2016 show at least 15 wild individuals, including males, females, and pups. Though they are most commonly a golden color, some of the dogs are cream, ginger, roan, or black, with different markings and patternings. After the break Cam brings up some very strange sightings along empty highways of what could only be described as Phantom Hitchhikers. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives! I you want to help us out, please write us a review on iTunes here. Have a great week! Show Notes: Atmosphere Containing Water Detected Around Rocky Exoplanet Texas Man Releases UFO Video French Inventor Flies Real-Life Hoverboard Over the Atlantic Ocean 'Extinct' Mountain Dogs Rediscovered in the Wild Sponsors: GAIA Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com. Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin Double Love Let The World Hurry By Future Blind

On this weeks installment of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about how an Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim star 39 light years away has a hazy atmosphere that could indicate the presence of a “water world”. It is one of the first times astronomers have been able to detect an atmosphere surrounding a small rocky planet. Then, a man in Texas released footage on Sunday containing an unidentified flying object. The anonymous man says he was driving to his local grocery store in San Antonio last Wednesday at about 8:30 p.m. when he noticed the anomaly. Then, a futuristic video has emerged of a man flying on a hoverboard across the Atlantic Ocean. The video shows Franky Zapata, chief executive of Zapata Racing, whizzing over the sea off the coast of France on a hoverboard that is available for the public to hire. Mr Zapata is riding the record-breaking Flyboard Air, which has previously hit the headlines for travelling at more than 34mph. He managed to travel 50 metres above the surface of the Atlantic for just under seven minutes in the most recent flight. Then, scientists are crooning over new pictures that confirm the survival of the New Guinea highland wild dog, which until now was feared to be extinct in its natural habitat on the South Pacific island. Thought to be among the rarest species of canine, the highland wild dogs are either the same as or close relatives of the famous singing dogs of New Guinea, which exist only in captivity. More than a hundred camera-trap pictures taken in 2016 show at least 15 wild individuals, including males, females, and pups. Though they are most commonly a golden color, some of the dogs are cream, ginger, roan, or black, with different markings and patternings. After the break Cam brings up some very strange sightings along empty highways of what could only be described as Phantom Hitchhikers. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives! I you want to help us out, please write us a review on iTunes here. Have a great week! Show Notes: Atmosphere Containing Water Detected Around Rocky Exoplanet Texas Man Releases UFO Video French Inventor Flies Real-Life Hoverboard Over the Atlantic Ocean 'Extinct' Mountain Dogs Rediscovered in the Wild Sponsors: GAIA Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com. Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin Double Love Let The World Hurry By Future Blind

The Flyboard Air, made by Franky Zapata‘s Zapata Racing is either a clever fake, or the most impressive hoverboard yet in action. Jeff and Anthony are thrilled byt the possibilities, and imagine gliding through the city skies avoiding Spider-Man. Now if they can just afford some Pumpkin Bombs. We Have Concerns is entirely listener supported! To keep us ad-free and get early episodes/bonus content, check out our Patreon: http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns Get all your sweet We Have Concerns merch by swinging by http://wehaveconcerns.com/shop Hey! If you’re enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here’s the iTunes link: http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns And here’s the Stitcher link: http://bit.ly/stitcherwhc Jeff on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffcannata Anthony on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acarboni Today’s story was sent in by many, many people! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hoverboard-flyboard-air_us_570dd00fe4b0ffa5937d8413?utm_hp_ref=weird-news If you’ve seen a story you think belongs on the show, send it to wehaveconcernsshow@gmail.com or leave it on the subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/wehaveconcerns