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‘Chinese can actually fly’: man pilots homemade hoverboard over mountains, across Yangtze River

· By Zoey Zhang
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A Gen Z tech influencer from central China has brought science fiction to life by handcrafting a manned hoverboard and teaching himself flight control and mechanical engineering. Song Xingyu, 26, from Enshi, Hubei province, is known online as “Amazing Ayu.” He has amassed more than 3 million social media followers b…

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