Aeropacer |
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JY08. Amateur-built craft with folding sidewalks for ease of transport. Currenly lacking its two rear propellors and cowls. |
Air Lubricat 5 |
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This 1975 design has skirts on three sides but not at the back. A 45hp engine drives three fans at the front for lift and thrust, and two fans at the back for thrust and control. |
Arbortech Airboard |
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Personal hoverboard - weight-shift steering, not suitable for sand or water. |
British Hovercraft Company Marlin 2 |
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Around 1,000 of these 2-3-seaters have been sold sold since 2005. |
British Hovercraft Company Osprey 5 |
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4-5-seater. This one was used for inshore rescue - it's been supeceeded by the Rescue-Pro model. |
British Hovercraft Company Osprey 5 |
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One of several Osprey 5s used in the shooting of the Bond film Die Another Day. |
British Hovercraft Company Snapper |
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Single-seater production hovercraft - "the hovercraft version of a go-kart". |
British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC) AP1-88-100 |
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'Falcon'. Diesel-powered hovercraft able to carrry 100 passengers or 10 tons of cargo. Used around the world, they have been built in Australia and China. Users include Hovertravel for the Isle of Wight shuttle, US Navy, and the Canadian Coast Guard. Falcon, fitted with an oversize control cabin, operated in Russia, the Bahamas, South America and Sweden |
British Hovercraft Corporation BH-7 Wellington Mk2 |
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Royal Navy XW255 P235. The first hovercraft designed for military use. This, the prototype Wellington class, first flew in 1969. It could be armed, and several were operated by the Iranian navy. |
CanaHover HoveRover |
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Owen Maddock was the designer of Cooper racing cars. He later designed racing hovercraft including one for Canadian company CanaHover in 1967. He modified the design into a two-seater and this, a cargo-carrying single-seater. |
Christopher Cockerell experimental |
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The first experimental model of what would be named a hovercraft, made by Christopher Cockerell in 1956 |
Clarkushion II |
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Built by Colin Clark in 1966, powered by two 247cc engines. Reached 55 mph. |
Cushioncraft CC7 Mk2 |
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British Army XX101. Seven were built, by Britten-Norman. Powered by a gas turbine driving centrifugal fans, it is relatively quiet. |
Esperance |
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Designed by Geoff Vaizey, this sidewall hovercraft was propelled by a 2 litre Ford engine and appeared at the 1979 Southampton Boat Show. |
Gooch J4 |
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Peter Gooch earned a speed record with this, crossing from Jersey to France in 1969. He then sold plans for homebuilding. The 'scoop' on the back is for reverse thrust. |
Griffon Hoverwork 2000TDX(M) |
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Royal Marines C22 - named the LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion). One of four built, served in Iraq and retired in 2009 |
Griffon Hoverwork HOVCAT |
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1/3 scale demonstrator of a fast amphibious landing craft sidewall hovercraft for the Marines designed by Independent Maritime Assessment Associates (IMAA), patented in 2009 and based on the PACSCAT, with air propellors rather than water jet propulsion. |
Griffon Hoverwork QinetiQ PACSCAT |
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Partially Air Cushion Supported Catarmaran. A 2007 IMAA sidewall hovercraft landing craft design developed by QinetiQ for the Royal Navy. Uses water jet propulsion. |
Guinea Pig GPToo (GP2) |
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Developed by Grant Wickington in 1960 as the Guinea Pig amphibian which was later modified as a sidewall craft. Its parts were reused in 1975 to make the GP Too amphib. |
Hatton & Bass Midget |
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Two versions of this single-seater designed for fairgrounds. At least 60 were built. |
Hawker Hunter GA11 nose |
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Royal Navy WV381 732. Overran and crashed on takeoff from RNAS Lee-on-Solent in 1972. Pilot ejected with minor injuries. |
Hayes School model 1 |
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One of 3 built by Hayes School, Middlesex and raced in BP Challenge events. |
Hayes School DEB 1C Hawk |
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Another Hayes School hovercraft, won some BP Challenge races in the 1970s. |
Hayes School Merlin |
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15. Another Hayes School hovercraft. |
Hover-Air Hoverhawk 2 |
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World's first mass-produced two-seat hovercraft - 121 built 1969-72. The original 15hp Velocette scooter engine has recently been replaced by an 80hp gas turbine BAe Harrier APU. |
Hover-Air Hoverhawk HA5 |
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Hover-Air Hoverhawk III HA5 |
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Hover-Air Hoverlark |
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1960s single-seat high performance mini-hovercraft. |
Hovercraft Development (HDL) HD-2 |
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GH-9000. 1966 research project to test control systems, skirts and quiet propellors. Sole example, restoration is planned. |
Marineswift Thunderbolt |
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GH-9601. Features 'reverse directional thrust' which apparently gives great manoeuvrability with no visible propellors or fans. |
Mini Hover |
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Pindair Skima 4 |
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Mike Pinder's hovercraft company produced many models, specialising in inflatables (for ease of transport). This is the 4-seater. |
Pindair Skima 12 |
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12-seater semi-inflatable (the sides inflated outwards). Other versions were available including assault, police and rescue. This is one of 3 pasenger versions that the Sultan of Oman used as yacht tenders. |
Pindair Skima model unknown |
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Pindair Skima unknown |
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RAYNET Craft |
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The Radio Amateurs Emergency Network designed this to aid search and rescue. Based on a K & M Eagle 2 and powered by a Reliant Robin engine. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N4 Mk3 Mountbatten class |
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GH-2007 The Princess Anne, sole survivor of the 6 built. The world's largest ever civil hovercraft; having been stretched, the Mk3 could carry 60 cars and 418 passengers. Used on the cross-channel ferry route, the journey took around 35 minutes, though The Princess Anne holds the record: 22 minutes. The SR.N4s operated the route from 1968 to 2000. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N4 cockpit |
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From GH-2004 Swift. The two pilots up front, navigator/radar operator centre, and jump seat at the rear. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N4 cockpit |
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From GH-2006 Princess Margaret. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N4 cockpit |
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From GH-2008 Sir Christopher. Now the museum's ticket office. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N5 Warden class |
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Interservice Hovercraft Unit XW246 GH-2041. Sole survivor of 14 built in the UK, but there are two Bell SK-5s in the USA where 7 were built. Used worldwide in military and civil roles. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N6 Winchester class |
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Hovertravel 'Sea Hawk' GH-2014. A stretch of the SR.N5, this was very successful in civil and military roles. This is the first built, first flown in 1965 and given an extra stretch in 1972 to carry 58 passengers. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N6 Mk5 Welldeck |
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XT493 GH-9011. The world's first landing craft hovercraft, and sole survivor of two converted from SR.N5s. The other was XT657 GH9008. |
Saunders-Roe (BHC) SR.N6 Mk6 Twin Prop |
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One of two original SR.N6s that pioneered cross-channel routes before the SR.N4s. Later converted to twin propellors to increase speed and decrease noise, and dubbed the 'Super 6'. |
Scrapheap Challenge 'Bunch of Grunts' |
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Built in the TV series Scrapheap Challenge in 2007. |
Scrapheap Challenge 'Three men in a skirt' |
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Built in the TV series Scrapheap Challenge in 2007. Both machines successfully completed the test course. |
Sealand Skitabug |
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John Prendergast designed this inflatable, and it was built by Sealand in Cumbria. Was tested by the Interservice Hovercraft Unit here at HMS Daedalus. |
Slingsby Amphibious Hovercraft Co SAH 2200 |
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Military 12-seater built mainly of composites and first flown in 1986. The company was bought by an American firm and production moved to Florida. This one was used in the Bond film Die Another Day. |
Surface Flight Sunrider Mk3 |
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Surface Flight was a company based in Gosport. Apparently one of these is in the opening sequence of 1976 film The Omen. |
Unknown homebuilt 1 |
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Unknown homebuilt 2 |
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Unknown homebuilt 3 |
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Vosper Hovermarine Decider |
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Deci (1/10 scale) Der (Development and Evaluation Runabout). Used over two years of testing for an anti-submarine sidewall hovercraft. Led to the PACSCAT. |
Winfield |
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A single-seat fairground bumper hovercraft. |