Hovercraft
Basic information
Vehicle that could move over the ground and water, floating on a layer of air.
The first working hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor Christopher Cockerell in 1956.
Originally it tested in 1955 using an empty KiteKat cat food tin inside a coffee tin.
The SR-N1 ( (Saunders-Roe – Nautical One) hovercraft research vehicle was built by Saunders-Roe on the Isle of Wight and ‘flew’ for the first time on the 11 June 1959.
On 25 July1959 the 20ft the prototype craft, which was capable of carrying four men at a speed of 28mph (45km/h), crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover in two hours with Christopher Cockerell onboard.
In the UK, commercial cross-channel hovercraft operations ceased in 2000, due to competition from large ferries, although a service still operates across the Solent from Southsea to Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
The Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, houses the world's largest collection of hovercraft designs, including some of the earliest and largest
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- 70 days from now, July 8, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate 278th Mercury age
- 87 days from now, July 25, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate 67th birthday
- 107 days from now, August 14, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate 109th Venus age
- 115 days from now, August 22, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate exactly 3,500 weeks
- 158 days from now, October 4, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate 279th Mercury age
- 198 days from now, November 13, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate exactly 590,000 hours
- 246 days from now, December 31, 2026, Hovercraft celebrate 280th Mercury age
- 270 days from now, January 23, 2027, Hovercraft celebrate 68th half birthday
- 271 days from now, January 25, 2027, Hovercraft celebrate exactly 810 months
- 332 days from now, March 27, 2027, Hovercraft celebrate 110th Venus age