Hovercraft
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A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces.
RLG-innovations eurocraft, a Formula 1 racing hovercraft
SR.N4 hovercraft arriving in Dover on its last commercial flight across the English Channel (1 October 2000)
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SR.N4
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The SR.N4 hovercraft is a retired combined passenger and vehicle-carrying class of hovercraft. The type has the distinction of being the largest civil hovercraft to have ever been put into service.
Hovercraft
…ferry service started as early as 1962 with the launch of the Vickers-Armstrongs VA-3. With the introduction of the 254 passenger and 30 car carrying SR.N4 cross-channel ferry by Hoverlloyd and Seaspeed in 1968, hovercraft had developed into useful commercial craft. Another major pioneering effort of the…
Princess Anne at Calais
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Princess Margaret at the mouth of the Western Docks in Dover, 1998