Zapata took off from Sangatte, northern France at around 0617 GMT (2.17 a.m. ET) and landed in St. Margarets Bay, near Dover in England, just over 20 minutes later, Reuters news agency reported.
"I had the chance to land in an extraordinary place. It's beautiful. My first thought was to my family. It was huge. Thanks to my wife who always supports me in crazy projects. We worked very hard," he told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
Zapata, a former jet ski racing champion, took to the skies in July on his Flyboard Air vehicle but missed a platform mounted on a boat as he tried to land midway for refueling. The 40-year-old was uninjured in the fall into the sea.
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