For all you Hovercraft enthusiasts! Our new book is landing soon, and you have the chance to reserve your copy for a limited time only! It’s a brilliantly produced book, authored by our very own Jim Gray! Up till the release date on 14th May we will offer a £5 discount, leaving only £9.99 to pay. If you are interested please take a look at www.hovercraft-museum.org/reserve-the-hovercraft-book to secure your copy. Copies are flying off the shelves so don’t miss the chance to secure yours!
THE HOVERCRAFT: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE WORLD’S ONLY HOVERCRAFT MUSEUM
by Jim Gray
£14.99
Lee-on-the-Solent is synonymous with planes and seaplanes, but it is also the home of another, slightly more unusual form of transport – the hovercraft.
After the first cross-channel crossing by a hovercraft in 1959, there was a revolution in design and development. Within a decade, the mighty SRN4, capable of carrying 400 passengers and sixty cars across the English Channel in less than forty minutes, had arrived. As the commercial hovercraft thrived, the military also continued to innovate; the British Interservice Hovercraft (Trials) Unit (IHTU) being established in 1961.
Utilising the archive of the world’s only hovercraft museum, based in Lee-on-the-Solent and boasting more than seventy historic craft, Jim Gray uses a wealth of rare images – many unpublished – to explore the importance and impact of the hovercraft, offering a fascinating glimpse into a vehicle that has captivated the imagination of the public for more than fifty years.