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In the 1950s Sir Christopher Cockerell, a British engineer, discovered that by creating a wall of high pressure air forced beneath a hull, to create an air cushion, the hull (of the now Hovercraft) could be levitated further off from its original surface (land or water) than by using a simple pump w...

Hovercraft 1950's/1960's

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In the 1950s Sir Christopher Cockerell, a British engineer, discovered that by creating a wall of high pressure air forced beneath a hull, to create an air cushion, the hull (of the now Hovercraft) could be levitated further off from its original surface (land or water) than by using a simple pump with the same power. This picture is of a Hovercraft at the Isle of White in the 1960's.

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20th May 2009 by Diane Earl

Subjects:
 History

Key Stages:
 Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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