Tag: hovercraft

On This Day 50 Years Ago – the hovercraft was the most quickly progressed invention of modern science!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 15th June 1966, at the Browndown Hovershow on the Solent, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten said: "No invention of modern science has progressed anything like so quickly as the hovercraft!" It was patented in 1956, the first experimental one was launched on 11th June 1959 and only 7 years later the hovercraft was being promoted by the Ministry of Defence for the export market! Only 10 years since the hovercraft was invented a show attended by military from all over the Read more [...]

On This Day 57 Years Ago – Is it a boat, is it a plane, no it’s a flying saucer!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 11th June 1959 a revolutionary new form of transport which can operate on sea and land is officially launched in the Solent off the south coast of England! The hovercraft, can be described as a cross between an aircraft, a boat and a bus which marks a new era in passenger travel by sea. Dubbed a man-made flying saucer, the hovercraft is propelled on a cushion of air created by its own fan power which means it hovers just above the waves at sea and avoids any irregular surfaces on land. The Read more [...]