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Jun. 06, 1959 - Britain's flying saucer makes first Public flight: Britain's Flying Saucer - the S.R.N.1 Hovercraft, today made it's first public flight at the Saunders-Roe works at East Cowes, Isle of Wight, and was later today to make a flight over the sea. The S.R.N. 1 can ride over hand or sea at a height of up to 15 inches on a cushion of compressed air. Photo shows 36 year old Peter Lamb, Saunders-Roe's Cheif test pilot, pictured at the controls of the S.R.N.1, during its first public flight at Cowes today
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Cheif Compressed Controls Cowes Cushion Hovercraft Inches S.r.n S.r.n.1 Saucer Saunders-roe Wight
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