Hovercraft On Show At Seattle!
September 6th, 2007 @ 12:48 am by Cliffe | Sorted Miscellaneous
Remember back in June when I was snooping around that old abandoned house in my neighborhood and musing about Elvis? Well, in that house I also uncovered this rather odd artifact: an old crumpled piece of paper trumpeting a hovercraft demonstration at the British Pavilion at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Now I know this may only interest die-hard hovercraft aficionados such as Shipley and myself, but hovercrafts are really just too awesome to pass up. Here’s a clipping and the scanned paper. Most farmers I know have not yet hopped onto the hovercraft bandwagon… just yet. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.
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The carrier which has been pioneered by Folland Aircraft Ltd. in collaboration with the Royal Army Medical Corps may well find uses not only with an army in the field but for civilian use in large farming areas in many parts of the world.
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This stretcher-carrier is just one among a number of spectacular ideas which have been followed up since the birth of the British Hovercraft industry in 1953. The fruit of some of these ideas can be seen in the British Pavilion at the Seattle World’s Fair from April 21 to October 21.
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The carrier which has been pioneered by Folland Aircraft Ltd. in collaboration with the Royal Army Medical Corps may well find uses not only with an army in the field but for civilian use in large farming areas in many parts of the world.
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This stretcher-carrier is just one among a number of spectacular ideas which have been followed up since the birth of the British Hovercraft industry in 1953. The fruit of some of these ideas can be seen in the British Pavilion at the Seattle World’s Fair from April 21 to October 21.
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| Hovercraft On Show At Seattle. British Pavilion. Seattle World’s Fair. Seattle 9, Washington. |