Hovercraft appreciation

I love Christopher Cockerell and his momentum curtain.
I hate that we don't have personal hovercrafts and lament that the only journey by hovercraft in the UK is currently to the Isle of Wight.

I mean, look at this:

that's fucking huge!

and this one:

and this one:

ACE.

Hovercrafts rule!

Hovercrafts hover!

fixed.

Oops... Helicopter/autogyro thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

On top of them hovering, they can be loaded full of eels!

can we include ekranoplanes ?
they hover ... sort of ?

plus they got kicked out of the planes thread

alternatively should we start and Ekranoplane Appreciation thread ?

Oh no. I've found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpUfZvzH2Xc&feature=related

Oh no. I've found this:
USS Independence (Littoral Combat Ship) LCS-2 - YouTube

that is littoraly not a hovercraft

Human powered hovercraft, I've seen this in action, it works, but they could do with a BMMF to power it!

http://steamboatwilly.org/

Bloody Hell, I love hover and craft

since I was a kid that I would love to be a constructor of hover stuff

bull shit
there's nowwhere near enought power for that dude to get the hovercraft off the ground and moving
does not compute captain

but then I failed on my studies and my dad bought me these

Fuck! I was still dreaming of this

or at least this

but then I went on this

and now I end up just with a bike and I changed my dreaming, yes FFS I want an airplane!! So I decided to go fishing and save money for that, in the mean time I work hard on the posting and I'm back to be a really good school boy dreamer:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3YA_4UrxHc

but then I failed on my studies and my dad bought me these

reward for failure
no wonder this country is in such a mess

what would you have got if you passed ?

The Ultimate Hovercraft List Book.