Dornier-Werke GmbH of Friedrichshafen propose air cushion support for low-wing aircraft for takeoff and landing; T.B.Wade of Palatine, Ill, has made model of air cushion vehicle incorporating pivotally supported pressure plate; lift system for plenum chamber type vehicle (National Research Associates, Md), uses axial flow blower; A.D.Crim of Falls Church, Va proposes control of tilt or altitude with vents in undersurface of vehicle; A.T.Murri, Springfield, Ill, suggests nuclear powered vehicle operating over water, where plant is submerged, for both annular jet and plenum chamber types.
New developments in air cushion vehicles
Hovering Craft Hydrofoil
Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil ; 2 , n 5
1963
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