Blame the skirts. The inventor of the modern hovercraft, Christopher Cockerell, once imagined that his vehicle would cross the Atlantic at 100 miles per hour, an ocean liner coasting on air. While small hovercraft still serve a role in recreation and military landings, Cockerell's dream of hover liners is now defunct. The last significant commercial hovercraft service--which traversed the English Channel and carried 1.25 million passengers annually at its peak--was discontinued in 2000. What san...
Blame the skirts. The inventor of the modern hovercraft, Christopher Cockerell, once imagined that his vehicle would cross the Atlantic at 100 miles per hour, an ocean liner coasting on air. While small hovercraft still serve a role in recreation and military landings, Cockerell's dream of hover liners is now defunct. The last significant commercial hovercraft service--which traversed the English Channel and carried 1.25 million passengers annually at its peak--was discontinued in 2000. What san...
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