First hovercraft and liner Queen Mary

Jun. 06, 1959 - Britain's flying saucer makes first public flight: Britain's Flying Saucer - the S.R.N. 1 Hovercraft, yesterday made its first public flight at the Saunders-Roes works at East Cowes, Isle of Wight, and later made a flight over the sea. The S.R.N.1. can ride over land and sea at a height of up to 15 inches on a cushion of compressed air. It has an avoid shape, and is virtually a buoyancy tank with a number of inward pointing jets around its perimeter underneath. On top of its flat surface are the control cabin, the funnel containing the engine and the horizontal fan through which air is sucked and then ejected beneath to form the cushion of air. Photo shows the Hovercraft skims the water and the Queen Mary blasts a salute

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