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.

2 March 1967

“Win a hovercraft.”

Thursday 7 February 1963

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.

The Hovercraft Revolution and Finding the Right Niche for a Technology - In the world of transportation, some technologies may seem to make everything else... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/11/the-hovercraft-revolution-and-finding-the-right-niche-for-a-technology/ #transportationhacks #originalart #hovercraft #featured #interest

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... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/diy-hovercraft-alberta-canada.html #airlinesandairplanes #sailboatsandsailing #universityofalberta #roberttymofichuk #alberta(canada) #automobiles #hovercraft #engines #salvage #canada

I do like the Concorde jokes in this video about the giant hovercraft that used to run across the English Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5jmrW1HvMQ

Hotshot 3D Printed Hovercraft is Devastatingly Fast - These days, it’s pretty cheap and easy to build your own little RC hovercraft. [Va... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/27/hotshot-3d-printed-hovercraft-is-devastatingly-fast/ #remotecontrol #hovercraft #3dprinted #toyhacks

Why the hovercraft's time might have finally arrived
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240112-why-the-hovercrafts-time-might-have-finally-arrived
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?

But are they still full of eels?

I would love to go on a hovercraft. They look cool as fuck!

Taken just down the road from home. Hovertravel operate the #Hovercraft service between #Southsea and #Ryde

#Portsmouth and the #SpinnakerTower in the distance. #Photography

A #hovercraft heading to Canada from Cape Cod made an unexpected stop on a New Hampshire beach Saturday, according to Hampton police.
https://www.wmur.com/article/hovercraft-hampton-beach-new-hampshire-61723/44236843

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.

Here's a 5 minute excerpt:

https://soundcloud.com/mrjacklowe/dover-tony-hawkins-preview

[Listen to the full 15 min recording in the Members' Area of The LSP Society]