Boats - Sailing - Ships

Jul. 07, 1962 - FLYING CRAB HOVERCRAFT BEGINS PASSENGER SERVICE: History was made yesterday when the 11-ton 24-seater Vickers-Armstrong 3 Hovercraft completed the 19-mile stretch between Wallasey and Rhyl across the Dee estuary in half an hour at a speed of nearly 70 mph. Looking like some giant flying crab it took the first passengers for £2 return. The service is for 8 weeks, 6-days a week, 6 times a day. 4, 000 tickets have been sold out of a possible 14, 000. Holiday-makers will save up to 1 1/2 hours. Photo shows: A head-on-view of the Hovercraft at speed seen from the air

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