- Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…hen scales. This led to the first hovercraft to be produced commercially, the SRN1. == Floating on Air == Christopher Cockerell's idea was not a new one. Many men had tried to make a working 'glidable' craft but commercial backing held them back. …
…Cockerell's design was the first to build a vehicle that could move over the ground and water, floating on a layer of air. This w…
…ot a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane, the Army were plain not interested." ^^ //Quote from Cockerell.// == Family == The Cockerells were a talented family from [[Cambridgeshire]]. The sons of Sydney John Cockerell, a L…
…he Marconi Wireless Telegraph company from 1935 until 1951. {{Image url="PrototypeHovercraft.jpg" class="left" title="Cockerell Prototype Hovercraft" width="450" }} == Family Finance == He had an enormous capacity for invention and his father, des…