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Hannah Howe<p>Tuesday 28 May 1963 </p><p>Britain’s new hover-bus will start £1 a head pleasure trips on the Thames next month. It will ply between the Festival Pier, the Tower and the Houses of Parliament. Over £300,000 has been spent on the development of this hover-bus, and they will sell at £75,000 each.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fashion</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>3 June 1967. The age of the hovercraft has dawned. Britain’s first International Hovercraft Rally was held at the Nottinghamshire estate of Lord Brassey. Thousands of enthusiasts and twenty amateur-built craft took part. The next event will be at Ryde, the Isle of Wight, June 24.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>2 March 1967</p><p>“Win a hovercraft.”</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Invention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invention</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineering</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Thursday 7 February 1963</p><p>Great Thaw Starts - So Do The Floods. As the 43-day grip of ice and snow was breaking, the flood waters were pouring over the roads of Devon, Cornwall and Wales. Torrential rain added to the floods. Many roads are now rivers.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aircraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Hovercraft Revolution and Finding the Right Niche for a Technology - In the world of transportation, some technologies may seem to make everything else... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/11/the-hovercraft-revolution-and-finding-the-right-niche-for-a-technology/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/11/the-ho</span><span class="invisible">vercraft-revolution-and-finding-the-right-niche-for-a-technology/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/transportationhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportationhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/originalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>originalart</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft - Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an ope... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/diy-hovercraft-alberta-canada.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/diy-hovercraft-alberta-canada.html</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/airlinesandairplanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airlinesandairplanes</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sailboatsandsailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sailboatsandsailing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/universityofalberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universityofalberta</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/roberttymofichuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roberttymofichuk</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a>(canada) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/automobiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobiles</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/engines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engines</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/salvage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salvage</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p>
thatdosbox<p>I do like the Concorde jokes in this video about the giant hovercraft that used to run across the English Channel</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5jmrW1HvMQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=x5jmrW1HvM</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Hotshot 3D Printed Hovercraft is Devastatingly Fast - These days, it’s pretty cheap and easy to build your own little RC hovercraft. [Va... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/01/27/hotshot-3d-printed-hovercraft-is-devastatingly-fast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/01/27/hotsho</span><span class="invisible">t-3d-printed-hovercraft-is-devastatingly-fast/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/remotecontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotecontrol</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3dprinted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinted</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toyhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toyhacks</span></a></p>
LordWoolamaloo<p>Taken this day, 2012, hovercraft on Porty Beach!!!</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/6702784247/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_g</span><span class="invisible">azette/6702784247/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Portobello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portobello</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edimbourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edimbourg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BlackAndWhitePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAndWhitePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a> #<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FirthOfForth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirthOfForth</span></a></p>
Substandard Nerd<p>Why the hovercraft's time might have finally arrived<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240112-why-the-hovercrafts-time-might-have-finally-arrived" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2024011</span><span class="invisible">2-why-the-hovercrafts-time-might-have-finally-arrived</span></a><br>Hovercraft were a quick way to zip across the world's waterways but were noisy and expensive to operate. Could they be about to enjoy a second wind?</p><p>But are they still full of eels?</p><p>I would love to go on a hovercraft. They look cool as fuck!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transport</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/RiversideBryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RiversideBryan</span></a></span> </p><p>Any Mastodoneers in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jacksoville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jacksoville</span></a> FL with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boat</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kayak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kayak</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yacht</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canoe</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zodiac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zodiac</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inflatable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflatable</span></a> to assist Bryan so he can get a good view of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MatthewsBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewsBridge</span></a>?</p>
Sharon Gascoigne<p>Taken just down the road from home. Hovertravel operate the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovercraft</span></a> service between <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Southsea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southsea</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Ryde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryde</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Portsmouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portsmouth</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SpinnakerTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpinnakerTower</span></a> in the distance. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
janggolan<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a> heading to Canada from Cape Cod made an unexpected stop on a New Hampshire beach Saturday, according to Hampton police. <br><a href="https://www.wmur.com/article/hovercraft-hampton-beach-new-hampshire-61723/44236843" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wmur.com/article/hovercraft-ha</span><span class="invisible">mpton-beach-new-hampshire-61723/44236843</span></a></p>
The Lifeboat Station Project<p>In 2018, I had a chat with retired Dover RNLI Coxswain Tony Hawkins about a very unusual call for the Dover lifeboat — the rescue of passengers from the Princess Margaret SRN4 Cross Channel hovercraft following a fatal collision with the harbour wall on 30th March 1985.</p><p>Here's a 5 minute excerpt:</p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/mrjacklowe/dover-tony-hawkins-preview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/mrjacklowe/dove</span><span class="invisible">r-tony-hawkins-preview</span></a></p><p>[Listen to the full 15 min recording in the Members' Area of The LSP Society]</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/LifeboatStationProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeboatStationProject</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNLI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SoundCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundCloud</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Dover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dover</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SRN4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SRN4</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hovercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hovercraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a></p>
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