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Inventor as a culture-changing mode of transportation for the masses. it wasn't and was instead mocked. but hunter says dozens of american police departments have figured out ways to use segues to patrol areas they would normally cover on foot at low costs and one day police or the military could find uses for the flyboard that haven't been considered. >> you have to let users experiment with technology. for something like this where there is no direct technology that it is replacing, it is hard to envision the applications until people start to use it. >> so could the so-called vertical lift ...

He tried to attack the enemy on a flyboard. >> it's unarmored so i think any kind of direct fire on the operator here could be potentially fatal. it's also not clear that you would want to fly this at night. you would run the risk of running into power lines. they are hard to see. >> while it may seem like movie magic, hunter also says no one should write off the flyboard when it comes to military use. he says commanders could use them to gather quick intelligence and can be used to get past objects like buildings, bodies of water or more deadly obstacles. >> being able to be above the ground,...

Morning. >> turning to the most amazing video of the day. french enventor flew a fly board above the street during a parade. holding a rifle showing the future potential military use. he claims the fly board can run for ten minutes and reach speeds of 118 miles an hour if you are really brave, that is. he is planning an english channel crossing. he better get across in ten minutes. >> i love when he just flies out of frame there. >> he's like, and i'm done. one second past 10 minutes and i must land. >> how do you test things like that. >> i don't know. >> pretty cool. coming up, vice presid...

Is jeanne moos. >> it's a bird, it's a plane. >> reporter: it's the fly board guy who stole the show at the parade in paris. >> faster than a speeding bullet. >> reporter: actually the fly board air's top speed is around 118 miles an hour, that's the inventor and entrepreneur operating the fly board. >> we have control. >> reporter: french president emanuel macron watched approvingly as fans compared it to everything from marty mcfly back to the future hoover board to that flying villain, the green goblin. >> hello, my dear. >> reporter: making the green goblin a reality is enough to make a ce...

Remember what happened last time he watched a french parade? he liked it so much he said i'll have what they are having and on the fourth of july, we hit a bevy of fly byes. the french have one upped everyone. maybe by next fourth of july, we'll see the commander in chief commanding his own fly board. frankie's next stunt will be to fly across the english channel since the turbine powered engines allow for at least ten minutes flying time. that will require mid flight refueling. fly board development got a grant from the french military though some were skeptical of the usefulness and survivab...