An on-line encyclopedia describing the history of Hovercraft
and the official web site of
The hovercraft Museum Trust
An on-line
encyclopedia describing the history of Hovercraft
and
the official web site of
The
hovercraft Museum Trust
Building 40, Daedalus
Site, Argus Gate, Chark Lane,
Lee-on-the-Solent,
Hampshire PO13 9NY
Tel / Fax: 023 9255 2090
Patrons: Frances Cockerell, Christopher Bland,
Lord Romsey, Lord Hotham, Viscount Coke, Museum Trustees: Alan
Burns, Terry George, Warwick
Jacobs, Chris
Potter, Mick Wells
Lady Wilson of Rievaulx, Joseph Sullivan, Lord Somerleyton, Ray Wheeler, Michel Peissel
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Visits to
the Hovercraft Museum Collection
& Restoration Working Parties
The Hovercraft Museum Trust maintains a collection at our storage site at the former HMS Daedalus at Lee-on-the-Solent. As we are just a collection at present, the Museum is not yet open to the public as a matter of course, and the office is not yet permanently manned, however we have volunteer staff attending the site on most Saturdays. We do hold several shows during the year, and this gives the public an opportunity to view the collection.
Anyone wishing to visit to the collection at the Daedalus site on a Saturday morning should contact us via e-mail, or on the office number - 023 9255 2090 - to arrange this. To gain access to the site you will need to join us as a supporter (this is both for insurance reasons and due to landlord restrictions on visitors). If the office is unattended, please leave your details on the answer machine, a contact number and your requested visit date.
All of us involved in running the Museum, including the Trustees give our time on a voluntary basis, so consequently it can sometimes take a little while to get back to you depending on the level of other commitments we have to jobs and family...rest assured, we will do our best to return your call or e-mail at the soonest possible time.
Projects we are undertaking at present at the Museum include:
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Moving craft around the site to our new hangar for display out of the elements and rearranging the hangar displays of craft to best advantage. |
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Moving & restoring the cockpit from the SR.N4 'Swift' for public display. |
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Continuing maintenance / restoration on our operational SR.N6 Twin Prop craft. |
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Restoration of our SR.N6 Mk 1S Sea Hawk on display in our hangar at Daedalus. |
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Preparation of our SR.N5 for a long term full engineering restoration inside our hangar. |
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Full (working) engineering restoration of our SR.N6 Mk 5 (Welldeck) craft on stands outside our hangar. |
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Continuing maintenance / restoration of our BH.7 military craft - we have a lot of leaks which need sealing ! |
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Continuing restoration work on the many small and medium craft we have in our collection to allow proper display. |
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Mounting propellers / propulsion fans from many different craft to form a hangar wall display - these range in size from the SR.N4 Mk 2 prop downwards... |
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Various repairs to our hangar to comply with our lease agreement. This includes panelling, guttering, electrical work etc. |
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Preparation of displays and signs for open days and shows. |
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Repairs and restoration works to the many manufacturer's concept models we have in our care to allow their proper display in cabinets. |
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Sorting and cataloguing our extensive library of documents, film and photos - the largest in the world on hovercraft. |
Working parties are held on most Saturdays where people come and volunteer a little of their time to assist with any project which interests them. We are always in need of people skilled in airframe engineering and finishing, skirt systems, as well as anyone with hovercraft experience, and general skills such as building maintenance and model making / restoration. We have a great team and have a lot of fun down on site - it would be great to see you there.
If you wish to come along and help out in any capacity, we would be extremely grateful for your support...please contact us via the details above and let us know what you would like to get involved in - we'd love to hear from you...
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This Web Site established since 30th November 1997 by Chris Potter
NOTES:
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Photographs on this site were taken personally by the author unless specifically credited to others (many having come from the Hovercraft Society / Hovercraft Museum archives). |
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Please feel free to download and save images, however note that copyright is reserved on all images and permission should be sought for anything other than personal use. |
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In general, we often have larger versions of images displayed, and these are available on request. |
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If you wish to re-use photos on another website, please ask our permission first. We would ask for a link to our site as credit. |
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A fee may be charged by the Hovercraft Museum Trust for commercial use of pictures and other information. |
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If you require more detailed information on certain craft etc, then a search fee may apply. |
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All monies earned in this way will go directly towards restoring and preserving the craft in the Museum's care - please contact us for further information. |
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Note that we cannot currently provide e-mail information on items such as 'how to build a hovercraft' for things like science fair projects, as the subject is so vast and we are only a very small band of volunteers (all with day-jobs) with limited time and resources. We suggest in this instance that you contact your local Hoverclub who should be more than pleased to help with their specialist knowledge - see our links page for suitable organisations including model manufacturers. |
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If you have difficulty in seeing / clicking the menu buttons above, please check that Java is enabled in your browser. |
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We are currently having this site completely re-written and updated for re-launch in 2008 so we apologise for any dead links that may be evident. |
The Official hovercraft
Museum Trust Website
Copyright ©
Chris Potter / The hovercraft
Museum 1997-2008
Last updated 7th May
2008
Please
mail us with your comments or requests at enquiries@hovercraft-museum.org