The museum library is second to none with 4 rooms full of archives from 1955 to date. Over 5000 books, magazines, papers, patents and hundreds of log books, manufaturers operators, repair, and maintenance manuals for many craft.
Major Archives came from
-Science Museum -Fleet Air Arm Museum -National Army Museum -British Hovercraft Corportaion -Pindair Ltd -Tracked Hovercraft Ltd -Hovercraft Development Ltd -Civil Aviation Authority -Vosper Thornycroft -Hoverspeed -Hovercraft Society -Hovermail collectors Club -Navy Hovercraft Trials Unit -Hovermarine -Hoverclub of GB
to name but a few. This is augmented by the biggest collection of Hovercraft plans, models and photos and films! Despite some cataloguing for 20 years the archives are monumental and all done by occassional volunteers . Brochures, leaflets ,ticktets and all kinds of memorabilia add to the spectrum!
