Hovercraft: libri illustrati - storia, modelli, tecnologia

The Hovercraft - A History

L'aerorimorchiatore fu creato per la prima volta nel 1959, quando Sir Christopher Cockerell ideò un prototipo che attraversava la Manica. L'SRN-1, il primo aerorimorchiatore di sempre, è ora orgogliosamente esposto al Science Museum e questa invenzione tipicamente britannica gode di un ruolo attivo in molti ambiti, dai viaggi, alle crociere per il tempo libero e alle gare, fino al salvataggio e al trasporto di merci.

Questo libro dettagliato esplora la storia dell'aerorimorchiatore, dai primi giorni del suo sviluppo fino alle applicazioni commerciali e militari del mezzo. Esamina il mondo entusiasmante del tempo libero con gli aerorimorchiatori, delle crociere e delle gare, dagli amatori alla Formula 1, e analizza anche il ruolo importante che l'aerorimorchiatore svolge nei salvataggi, sia sull'acqua che nella consegna di aiuti in luoghi dove gli elicotteri non possono arrivare. Infine, descrive i tipi di aerorimorchiatori utilizzati oggi e cosa riserva il futuro.

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On a Cushion of Air - The Story of Hoverlloyd and the Cross-Channel Hovercraft (Hard Cover)

This is the story of how private foreign enterprise in the form of Swedish Lloyd and Swedish America Line, who formed a British company called 'Hoverlloyd', galvanised the British Government in to supporting this new concept in transport through the formation of a British Rail subsidiary called 'Seaspeed'.

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Hovercraft - The Story of a Very British Invention

One senses that author Arthur Ord-Hume feels a kindred spirit with Sir Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, when he describes it as a very British invention meaning, as he woefully describes it, that its inventor was largely ignored in his lifetime and his invention as almost forgotten.

The whole story has a familiar ring to it with the product going to be the future of our transport needs to a curiosity used for fun or for such specialised uses they are mainly out of the public eye.

Arthur writes engagingly and tells the stories of the technical development alongside the human ones, but this is a book that mainly looks back at the heyday of the hovercraft and as such should bring back memories for those of a certain age.

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The Hovercraft Story

The hovercraft, Christopher Cockerell's 1950s invention, has found a multitude of uses across numerous arenas, from cross-Channel ferries and leisure cruising to racing at up to 80mph; it has modernised travel and has an impressive safety record, yet despite this little has been written about this, one of the most innovative modes of transport.
This colourful book decisively redresses the balance and comprehensively reveals the history of the hovercraft, through photographs and diagrams, making it an invaluable addition to every enthusiast's library.

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The Hovercraft - Photographs from the Archives of the World's Only Hovercraft Museum

Lee-on-the-Solent is synonymous with planes and seaplanes, but it is also the home of another, slightly more unusual vehicle - 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 and unpublished images 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.

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Luftkissenfahrzeuge - Weltweit

As a mixture of aircraft, land vehicle and ship, hovercraft float contactlessly over all surfaces and are therefore very versatile. The first suitable designs were created in the 1950s for passenger transport and are still in use around the world today.
The range extends from small one-man vehicles to the almost 600-ton monsters of the Russian Pomornik class.

The special form of ekranoplanes (ground effect vehicles) is also examined in detail in this book: their largest representatives were giants that could reach speeds of up to 500 km/h and were powered by several jet engines.

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