WORLD-WIDE HOVERCRAFT OPERATIONS

A review is given of the world hovercraft industry. With its versatility and lack of restrictions, the hovercraft has quickly been assessed for different applications including icebreaking, ferry service and military purposes. Order form NSFI as No. 17116.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also appeared in Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil, Volume 18, No. 1, October 1978. Also available from ESL.
• Corporate Authors:

  Maritime World Limited

  24 Petworth Road
  Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2HT,   England 
• Authors:
  • MacDonald, N A
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 5
• Serial:
  • Navy International
  • Volume: 84
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Maritime World Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cushion vehicles; Ferries; Icebreakers; Icebreaking
• Old TRIS Terms: Hovercraft operations
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00196230
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 7 1979 12:00AM