This page is part of the Hovercraft Museum website archive
If you would like to be forwarded to our current site click here


XX101 (Yard No. 004)

1.
CC.7 (004) on display at an HMS Daedalus Air Day in 1984		 2.
Now at the British Rotorcraft Museum, the craft is on public display		 3.
Looking somewhat neglected now, the craft sits awaiting rescue by the Hovercraft Museum		 4.
The CC.7 being retrieved from the British Rotorcraft Museum where she had been stored for a number of years
5.
Arriving at the Hovercraft Museum's site, the CC.7 is offloaded		 6.
The CC.7 in the Hovercraft Museum's Portchester barn as she is today		 7.
Another CC.7 (002) stored at the Science Museum's facility at Wroughton
(Eric Goldstein)		 More images coming soon

Click on thumbnails above for larger images

Built:
Manufacturer: Cushioncraft / BHC

Dimensions & Performance

Length:
Width:
Height:
Weight:

Vertical obstacle clearance:
Power:

Maximum speed:
Over land:
Over water:

Payload:

History

The ex-British Army 200 Hovercraft Squadron RCT CC.7 XX101 originally based in Gosport was acquired by the Hovercraft Museum Trust in 1992. The craft was previously last seen in Gosport in 1984 at the HMS Daedalus Air Day before MARTSU transported her to the Rotorcraft Museum at Weston Super Mare, after several years in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. On 1st February 1992 the CC.7 was loaded and carried to Rye, East Sussex where a year long restoration project was undertaken under the leadership of Peter Cahill and three engineering friends.

Special Features

Heritage Value

Of the six CC.7s built, most remain in museums due to their small size and ease of transport. CC.7 (001) is at Flambards theme park, Devon; CC.7 (002) is at the Science Museum's facility at Wroughton; CC.7 (005) is at the Fleet Air Arm Museum and CC.7 (006) is at the Museum of Army Transport at Beverley, Yorkshire. Of the other craft, one was lost somewhere in Zaire and one disappeared from the Army School at Chepstow after a period when it belonged to a Hoverclub member who used it for family outings in the Bristol Channel.

Approach to Conservation

Ideal Standard of Care

 

 

Back to the Hovercraft Museum Home Page