The development of hovercrafts in the past 50 yeas is described from theearly developments from UK, USA, France, Japan, Russia, Canada, the Cross-Channel operation, military hovercrafts, Third World use of hovercrafts to current and future designs. Many hovercraft projects are currently active, for example in Nicaragua and central Africa, where the hovercraft provides the only viable transport vehicle


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    Title :

    50 years of hovercraft development


    Additional title:

    50 Jahre Luftkissenfahrzeugentwicklung


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 6 Bilder


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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