About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: SR.N4, Hovertrain, Hoverspeed, Tracked Hovercraft, Hoverboard, Landing Craft Air Cushion, Burnham Area Rescue Boat, Zubr class LCAC, Christopher Cockerell, Surface effect ship, Griffon 2000TD hovercraft, Resonance method of ice destruction, Melville W. Beardsley, Ship-to-Shore Connector, Bora class guided missile hovercraft, Hoverlloyd, Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle, SR.N6, Aist class LCAC, N500 Naviplane, Richard Stanton-Jones, Griffon Hoverwork, Tuuli class hovercraft, Charles Joseph Fletcher, Plenum chamber, Seaspeed, British Hovercraft Corporation, Hovercraft "Dragonfly," Hovercraft Museum, Czilim class ACV, Airboard, SR.N5, ABS Hovercraft, Personal hovercraft, National Research Associates, Inc, Tsaplya class LCAC, SR.N1, Lebed class LCAC, Air caster, British Hovercraft Corporation BH.7, RNLI hovercraft lifeboat, British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88, Air-cushioned landing craft, Jingsah II class LCAC, Flymo, SAH 2200 hovercraft, SR.N2, Gus class LCAC, Hovercar, Southsea Hoverport, SR.N3, Pegasus, Air Car, Barguzin class hovercraft. Excerpt: A hovercraft (air-cushion vehicle, ACV) is a craft capable of traveling over surfaces while supported by a cushion of slow moving, high-pressure air which is ejected against the surface below and contained within a "skirt." Although supported by air, a hovercraft is not considered an aircraft. Hovercraft are used throughout the world as specialized transports. They can also be used after a natural disaster for emergency purposes. Because they are supported by a cushion of air, hovercraft are unique among all other forms of ground transportation in their ability to travel equally well over land, ice, and water. Small hovercraft are used for sport or passenger service, while giant hovercraft have civilian and military applications, and are used to transport cars, tanks, and large...
