THE EVOLUTION OF TRACKED AIR CUSHION VEHICLES. PARTS 1 AND 2

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRACKED AIR CUSHION VEHICLES DURING THE LAST DECADE, WHEN AN ENTIRELY NEW CONCEPT OF HIGH-SPEED LAND TRANSPORTATION EVOLVED TO THE STAGE OF PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION IS TRACED. THE LEVACAR PROPOSALS OF THE LATE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S WERE THE FIRST TO DEFINE IN ANY APPRECIABLE DEPTH A NEW CONCEPT OF SURFACE TRANSPORT AND TO BACK IT WITH RESEARCH. BY 1960 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WERE BECOMING INTERESTED IN THIS POSSIBLE FUTURE MODE OF TRANSPORT TO GIVE AIRCRAFT SPEEDS WITH GROUND RELIABILITY AND SAFETY. DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ARE GIVEN OF THE SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN RESEARCH. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol9, No 11, PP 17-48
• Corporate Authors:

  Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil /UK

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• Authors:
  • Bliss, D S
• Publication Date: 1970-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cushion vehicles; Evolution; Ground transportation; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Railroad tracks; Speed; Tracked air cushion vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Aerotrain; Hovair; Levacar
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223378
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 12 1971 12:00AM