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Title: The Hovercraft
Condition: New
Subtitle: Photographs from the Archives of the World's Only Hovercraft Museum
Author: Jim Gray
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1445672766
EAN: 9781445672762
ISBN: 9781445672762
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Genre: Travel & Transport
Release Date: 15/05/2017
Description: Lee-on-the-Solent is synonymous with planes and seaplanes, but it is also the home of another, slightly more unusual form of transport – the hovercraft.After the first cross-channel crossing by a hovercraft in 1959, there was a revolution in design and development. Within a decade, the mighty SRN4, capable of carrying 400 passengers and sixty cars across the English Channel in less than forty minutes, had arrived. As the commercial hovercraft thrived, the military also continued to innovate; the British Interservice Hovercraft (Trials) Unit (IHTU) being established in 1961.Utilising the archive of the world’s only hovercraft museum, based in Lee-on-the-Solent and boasting more than seventy historic craft, Jim Gray uses a wealth of rare images – many unpublished – to explore the importance and impact of the hovercraft, offering a fascinating glimpse into a vehicle that has captivated the imagination of the public for more than fifty years.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 165mm
Item Weight: 304g
Release Year: 2017

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