In
1961, the hovercraft was the next big thing, and I do mean big.
Look at this prediction of the hovercraft of tomorrow from
Practical Mechanics: Nearly the size of the Queen Mary
complete with swimming pool and four turbine engines big enough to
lift Surbiton off the ground. When this baby hits the shingles
at Dover, there won't be an intact window south of Tunbridge Wells.
Pretty good for a time when most hovercraft looked
like an unholy marriage between a scooter and a fan duct. |