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Got an interesting news item
concerning hovercraft?
Let us know! (No new product advertising, please.)
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Deafblind UK |
Graham G-Force Hicks
achieves a Hovercraft first!
World breaking record by Deaf and Blind man to drive small
hovercraft across The Solent, UK. More images and
information about this remarkable achievement can be found
at HovPod.
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May 2005 |
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Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding |
New 100-passenger hovercraft
ferry delivered for use at Oita, Japan.
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Mar. 2003 |
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OneWorld - South Asia |
India uses hovercraft to
protect turtles at Orissa coast. |
Feb. 2003 |
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Lifeboats International |
Lifeboats International puts
its first hovercraft to use in Morecambe, England. |
Jan. 2003 |
St. Petersburg Times
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"Residents say noisy."
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"Friction with county."
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"Owner loses bid for ferry." |
Follow the lamentations of a
hovercraft company (Hovercraft
USA) trying to run a service in St. Petersburg,
Florida through the local news articles. |
Nov. 2002
Mar. 2003
Apr. 2003 |
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Dredging News Online |
"Hovercraft could solve
wetlands dilemma" - The use of hovercraft to reach remote
areas with minimum ecological disturbance. |
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Ian Fleming.org |
James Bond in "Die another day" uses a 'military'
hovercraft to make his getaway from North Korean camp
guards.
But it wasn't the first time James
Bond used a hovercraft to make his getaway or give chase.
In "Moonraker" he used this 'hovercraft'-enhanced gondola.
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Jul. 2002 |
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Yangtze River, China |
Three Gorges trekking and an
hovercraft for the home run. |
2002 |
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Steamboat Willy |
Follow the development of a
hoverclub's manufacturing of their hovercraft "Steam Boat Willy", the world's first human-powered
hovercraft.
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2002 |
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United Nations - ReliefWeb |
Japanese military hovercraft
helps deliver aid to East Timor. |
Mar. 2002 |
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The Hindu Newspaper |
The Hindu Coast Guard's new
hovercraft helps protect wildlife mangrove swamp and tiger
preserve. |
Jan. 2002 |
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Analisa Defesa (Defense Analyst) (I) |
Greece places order for
Ukrainian built military hovercraft.
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Aug. 2001 |
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The Nation Education - Thailand |
Thai students built the
first Made In Thailand hovercraft.
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Jan. 2001 |
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HoverSpeed |
"Hovercraft flies into
history" - the end of an era. |
Sep. 2000 |
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New Zealand Press |
Hovercraft Inventor
Cockerell dies. |
Dec. 1999 |
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Hong Kong Bird Watching Society |
Deep Bay Park Rangers use
first hovercraft to patrol park for poachers and to
minimize disturbance to mangrove swamp environment. |
Dec. 1999 |
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Christian Science Monitor |
"Aid that rides on a cushion
of air" - hovercraft to assist international aid
organisation on the Zambezi river.
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Jul. 1999 |
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ASI Europe Ltd. (one side of the story) |
Shell Oil uses hovercraft to
access inhospitable areas in Peru, Brasil, Angola and
Kazakhstan for oil exploitation.
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1997 -
2001 |
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Project Underground (another side to the story) |
Shell invades the Amazon
with the help of hovercraft.
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Nov. 1997 |
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BBC News "On this day" |
First Hovercraft show opens
in Hampshire, UK.
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Jun. 1966 |
| The SR.N1 crosses the English
Channel. |
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Jun. 1959 |
