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One of Fletcher's inventions: the Glidemobile, arguably the world's first hovercraft, in the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey.. Charles Joseph Fletcher (December 21, 1922 – April 20, 2011) was an American inventor and the owner and chief executive of an aeronautical equipment manufacturing and engineering company, Technology General Corporation, in Franklin, New Jersey.
Hovertravel is now the world's oldest hovercraft operator, [1] and this service is believed to be unique in western Europe. [2] Hovertravel describes itself as "the world's only year-round passenger hovercraft service" [3] (although there is a regular winter-only operator in Estonia [4]).
RLG-innovations eurocraft, a Formula 1 racing hovercraft SR.N4 hovercraft arriving in Dover on its last commercial route across the English Channel (1 October 2000) U.S. Navy LCAC A hovercraft ( pl. : hovercraft [ 1 ] ), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV , [ 2 ] is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice ...
Griffon Hoverwork Ltd (GHL) is a British hovercraft designer and manufacturer.. It was originally founded as Griffon Hovercraft Ltd in 1976, based in Southampton.The firm set about the development of its own product range, launching its first diesel-powered hovercraft, the 1000TD, in 1983.
The SR.N2 was a hovercraft built by Westland and Saunders-Roe. It first flew in 1961. It weighed 27 tons and could carry 48 passengers. Although only one was built it is regarded as the prototype for commercial hovercraft, following on from the SR.N1 research craft. [1]
The introduction of regular hovercraft services in the form of the SR.N6 attracted worldwide interest. [18] On 24 July 1965, British operator Hovertravel took delivery of its first SR.N6, placing it into service in the Solent area on a route between the Ryde Transport Interchange on the Isle of Wight and Southsea. [19]
Hovercraft landing in Calais Boarding a Hovercraft with a vehicle. The SR.N4 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 4) [1] hovercraft (also known as the Mountbatten class hovercraft) was a combined passenger and vehicle-carrying class of hovercraft. [2] The type has the distinction of being the largest civil hovercraft to have ever been put into service.
During 2001, it was announced that the Indian Coast Guard had formed an agreement with Griffon Hoverwork to supply an initial batch of six 8000TD hovercraft, two of which were to be manufactured at GHL's boatyard in Southampton, England, while the remaining four craft were assembled from complete knocked-down kits (CKDs) supplied to the Indian company Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers ...