Stephane Rousson, 39, from Nice, said he is keeping his fingers crossed for perfect early morning weather conditions today to help carry him from Hythe in Kent to Wissant while suspended from the miniature Zeppelin.
He said: "At the moment the weather forecast is looking good, with just the right amount of wind to help me in the right direction, but I will not know with absolute certainty about whether it will happen until the morning."
The 16-metre-long helium-filled blimp, nicknamed "Miss Louise" after his former girlfriend, requires light gusts of only two knots to become airborne.
Rousson is banking on a five-hour wind-free timeframe to enable him to set off, flying at an altitude of 100ft.
During the challenge, Rousson will sit underneath the envelope in a carbon fibre gondola, powering the two propellers with his feet using a bicycle-like contraption.
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