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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 its first public flight at the Saunders-Roe words at East Cowes, Isle of Weight, and was later today to make a flight over the sea. The S.R.N.1 can ride over land or water at a height of up to 15 inches on a cushion of compress air. Photo shows the S.R.N.1 Hovercraft, pictured today's first public flight, held in a Saunders-Roe yard at Cowes, Isle of Wight
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13191450
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47501712
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5069px x 3733px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Compress Cowes Cushion Hovercraft Inches S.r.n.1 Saucer Saunders-roe Wight
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