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Pages: 233
Authors: Ashley Hollebone
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-01 - Publisher: The History Press

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The hovercraft was first created in 1959, when Sir Christopher Cockerell came up with a prototype that crossed the English Channel. The SRN1, the first ever hov
Cross-Channel Aviation Pioneers
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Bruce Hales-Dutton
Categories: Transportation
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The stories of the daredevils who attempted to fly over the English Channel—a history filled with triumphs, tragedies, and colorful characters. On July 25, 19
On a Cushion of Air
Language: en
Pages: 716
Authors: Robin Paine
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Robin Paine

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This is the story of how private foreign enterprise in the form of Swedish Lloyd and Swedish America Line, who formed a British company called 'Hoverlloyd', gal
British Canals
Language: en
Pages: 451
Authors: Joseph Boughey
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-30 - Publisher: The History Press

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The first edition of British Canals was published in 1950 and was much admired as a pioneering work in transport history. Joseph Boughey, with the advice of Cha
Capsized in the Solent - The SRN6-12 Hovercraft Disaster
Language: en
Pages: 57
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Categories: History
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On 4th March 1972 a hovercraft capsized in stormy weather on a voyage from the Isle of Wight to Southsea. Five passengers were killed, but in a dramatic rescue