To support the formation of a Hovercraft Museum needs a lot of help and different talents, and to this end a 'Friends of the Hovercraft Museum' organisation was set up. The 'Friends' carry out fundraising, help with refurbishment of the various hovercraft & models and generally further the aims of the Museum which has acquired an impressive collection of over 50 craft during the last ten years. The immediate aim is saving these valuable craft from destruction, and the long term ambition is to provide a permanent display, open to the public, which will provide an interesting and exciting, interactive environment for education, development and promotion of this wonderful British invention.

Friends receive newsletters and details of events and exhibitions and access to the Museum’s craft, stores and archives at the former HMS Daedalus at Lee on Solent can be provided on request (something which the general public do not get, apart from at special events). Work parties are held regularly for those with skills to offer and even for anyone who is handy with a paintbrush. A shop and extensive library of books and videos is held, and members have priority booking for our annual hovercraft charter trips run each Summer to various exciting destinations, as well as the press / preview day for our annual Hovershows.

Friends can help in a multitude of ways to become part of this massive project and it will be a proud day for all when the doors of the Museum open to the public. Whether you have a significant amount of time to spare or whether you wish only to pledge your support with your annual subscription, our Friends are all very valuable to us.