Hovercraft Timeline 2 - Timeline Help

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U.S. army forces use the SR-N5, Bell 9255 PACV and Bell SK-5 in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. January American Norman McCreary Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. patents and publishes his invention of the Double-Walled Flexible Skirt technique. The SR-N1 is demonstrated at the English Farnborough Air Show. British aircraft inventor Cecil Hugh Latimer Needham sells his Hovercraft skirt patent to Westland Helicopters. This hovercraft timeline 2 is limited to the vehicle itself, not the skirts. July 20 The first hovercraft that carries passengers Vickers VA-3 from Moreton to Rhyl. August Experimental SR-N2 passenger flights from Eastney to Ryde. Experimental SR-N2 passenger flights from Weston-super-Mare to Penarth. B H C builds the Mountbatten class hovercraft SR-N4 for passenger and car travel. April - August Experimental Warden Class SR-N5 services from Ryde to Eastney. Military tests with the SR-N3 by Interservice Hovercraft Trials Unit. July Ferry company Hovertravel starts a passenger service with a SR-N6 from the Isle of Wight, U.K. Hovertravel begins a Winchester Class SR-N6 passenger service from Southsea to Ryde. November Hoverlloyd starts a hovercraft service between Ramsgate and Calais. The high speed hover Aérotrain operates in France. British Rail Hovercraft Ltd establishes Seaspeed Hovercraft. Saunders Roe division of Westland Aircraft and Vickers Supermarine form BHC - British Hovercraft Corporation. Hoverlloyd launches the SR-N6's Swift and Sure for the Ramsgate to Calais route. April Swedish Hoverlloyd starts passengers flights from Ramsgate to Calais using a SR-N6 hovercraft. Townsend Ferries begins passenger flights between Dover and Calais. Townsend Car Ferries begins a Dover to Calais service with a SR-N6. July Seaspeed starts the Southampton to Cowes flights with a SR-N6. July Townsend Car Ferries stops with its cross-Channel services. The Hovercraft Club of Great Britain is formed.

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Wood, L (1970). Inside Information with cutaway drawings of SR-N1, SR-N4, SR-N5, Vosper VT-1 and others.
Trillo, R (1971). Marine Technology.



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