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noun - a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
HOVERCRAFT - A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is a craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces. Hovercraf...
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| The British SRN 4 type of this machine was designed to ferry people & cars across the English Channel |
| These air-cushion vehicles that were "full of eels" in a Monty Python sketch first crossed the Channel in 1959 |
| The Princess Anne is one of these unusual water vehicles |
| Also called an air cushion vehicle, it rides on air just above the water's surface |
| The SR.N4 MK III, one of the largest of these, crosses the English Channel on a cushion of air |
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| See air-cushion vehicle. |
| a vehicle or craft that travels over land or water on a cushion of air provided by a downward blast. A design was first patented by Christopher Cockerell in 1955. |
| a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
| a vehicle that travels quickly just above the surface of water or land by producing a current of air under it to support it |
| A vehicle or craft that travels over land or water on a cushion of air provided by a downward blast. A design was first patented by Christopher Cockerell in 1955. |
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| A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is a craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces. Hovercraft are hybrid vessels operated by a pilot as an aircraft rather than a captain as a marine vessel.Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull that is slightly above atmospheric pressure. The pressure difference between the higher pressure air below the hull and lower pressure ambient air above it produces lift, which causes the hull to float above the running surface. For stability reasons, the air is typically blown through slots or holes around the outside of a disk- or oval-shaped platform, giving most hovercraft a characteristic rounded-rectangle shape. Typically this cushion is contained within a flexible "skirt", which allows the vehicle to travel over small obstructions without damage.* The first practical design for hovercraft was derived from a British invention in the 1950s to 1960s. They are now used th |