Craft employed by British United Airways for passenger service between Wirral Peninsula and North Wales coast is VA-3, designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Engrs) Ltd; history of development; basis of VA-3 hull is load carrying platform built up in thin gage L 72 sheet; main buoyancy tank is 46 ft 10 in. long and 14 ft 10 in. wide; propulsion of VA-3 is provided by pair of Bristol Siddeley Turmo free turbine engines mounted on struts on either side of hull; duct system, and other details.


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    Title :

    VA-3, first Hovercraft in scheduled service


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 82 , n 2784


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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