Comments/Feedback Form If you have any comments or suggestions about this site I'd like to hear from you! If you'd like me to get back to you, please include an email address (I'm afraid I won't be able to get in touch by phone). If you have any photos or videos or stories you'd like to have put on the site of hovercraft or experiences/events around hovercraft, please tell me and I'll gratefully get back to you. All fields are optional. No details will ever be passed on for marketing purposes etc.. Fields marked with a * are required to be filled in for you to receive a reply. If your enquiry is regarding purchasing a hovercraft, please take a look at the Buy a Hovercraft page before contacting me, as the information you require may be provided by the companies listed. IMPORTANT: If your request is time sensitive, e.g. for a magazine article, publication, school project, etc., please tell me the timescale so I can prioritize my reply. In the meantime, try these three great resources: Hovercraft FAQ, Build at Hovercraft and "Designing and building a miniature air- cushioned vehicle for use on water". It may take me a while to get back to you (maybe months, sorry!) if you don't specify a time period, but rest assured I will reply when I can. Name * Email * Country Message * Please enter the number you see into the box below for validation purposes Please note that I cannot reply to you if you don't give a valid email address. If you send pictures, videos, photos or information to be hosted at James' Hovercraft Site, the original copyright and ownership of the material will remain yours and a credit to yourself will be shown next to the material you have provided. Any material you supply to be included in this website is much appreciated, thank you very much for your time and efforts in continuing to make this site a valuable resource for fellow viewers!

The following are the references and sources used throughout this site from the (citations) listed on the various pages.

Books, Journals and Publications

BHC, 1968. Mountbatten (SRN4) Class: Open Water Passenger-Car Ferry. Publication Number: SP 2043 (link)
Blunden, A., and Witcomb, G., 1985. The Hovercraft - A Ladybird Book. Revised Edition. UK : Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN:0721409490
Cowsill, M., Hendy, J., 1991. The Hoverspeed Story. Wales: Ferry Publications. ISBN:187194709X
Croome, A., 1964. Into the air. Brockhampton Press
Croome, A.,1984. Hovercraft. Hodder. ISBN:0340330546
Hayden, E.S., 1969. How it Works: The Hovercraft. Ladybird Books. ISBN:0721402313
Hoverspeed, 1982. Streamlining the Channel. Birmingham: Weather Oak
Jackson, K., 1994. Discover the Hovercraft. Flexitech LLC. ISBN:0975341405
Leonard, J. C., Stevens, M. J., Buttigieg, J. A., 1989. Current and future developments in diesel powered hovercraft. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics pp 242-250.
McLeavy, R., 1976. Hovercraft and Hydrofoils. Blandford. ISBN:0713707674

Websites

Association of Search and Rescue Hovercraft (Gosport Branch), 2009. ASRH(GB). (http://www.asrh-gb.com)
Barton, A., 2004. The SRN1 hovercraft of Saunders Roe. (http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk)
Barton, A., 2006. Hovercraft of Saunders Roe, Westland Aircraft, British Hovercraft Corporation (http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk)
Barton, A., 2008. Vickers-Armstrong Hovercraft. (http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk)
Barton, A., 2008b. Vosper Thornycroft. (http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk)
Barton, A., 2010. Hovermarine. (http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk)
Battleships-Cruisers, 2008. Vosper Thornycroft. (http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk)
Dover-Kent, 2006. Hovercraft. (http://www.dover-kent.co.uk)
Freelancermap, 2008. Profile from Dagmar Lensing, Hovercraft Rental. (http://www.freelancermap.co.uk/)
Hovercraft Club of Great Britain, 2007. New Hovercraft Passenger Service for North Wales. (http://hovercraft.org.uk)
Hovercraft Museum, 2007. Hovercraft Year by Year (http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/years.html)
Hovercraft Museum, 2007a. SRN4 Mk I, II, III. (http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/ Mk I, Mk II, Mk III)
Hovercraft Museum, 2007b. BH.7 Hovercraft (http://www.hovercraft-museum.org)
Hovercraft Museum, 2007c. SRN3 (http://www.hovercraft-museum.org)
Hovercraft Rental, 2007. Hovercraft Rental Home. (http://www.hovercraftrental.co.uk)
Hoverwork, 2004. Hoverwork: Hovercraft Manufacturer (http://www.hoverwork.co.uk)
Hoverwork, 2009. Hovercraft Product Range: BHT130 (http://www.hoverwork.co.uk)
Incat, 2009. Incat 112 Specifications (http://www.incat.com.au)
Land Rover Madness, 2005. Specialist Conversions. (http://www.lr-mad.co.uk)
LDLines, 2009. LDLines Norman Arrow (http://www.ldlines.co.uk)
Monro, J., 2005. More Correspondence: Coal and Oil (http://homepage.mac.com/j.monro)
Old Classic Car, 2008. HoverLloyd SRN4 Hovercraft and the VA-3 of British United Airways. (http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk)
Pelican Parts, 2007. Restoration of hovercraft and its tow-truck. (http://forums.pelicanparts.com)
Solar Navigator, 2006. Hovercraft. (http://www.solarnavigator.net)
Sunny Rhyl, 2007. Sunny Rhyl Sea Fishing Diary - Rhyl Hovercraft. (http://www.sunnyrhyl.co.uk)
Wikipedia, 2008a. Hovercraft. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft)
Wikipedia, 2008b. Christopher Cockerell. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Sydney_Cockerell)
Wisegeek, 2003. What Is A Hovercraft?. (http://www.wisegeek.com)

Personal Communications

Fuller, M., 2004. SRN6 statistical data & "SRN6 Experience"
Fuller, M., 2005. SEDAM N500 details, facts and pictures
Grandjean, S., 2010. "The tower at Boulogne Hoverport is now used by local economic authority. Their main mission is to help for economical devlopement for Boulogne mainland."
Heatley, L., 2010. "N-500 was scrapped on the pad in Boulogne"
Hiseman, R., 2009. Specifications of the ASRH(GB) Osprey 5 hovercraft.
Hole, M., 2010. Photos and information re: British Antarctic Survey 1987-8
James, G., 2008. SRN1 Recollections
Jones, G., 2009. 1978 storm skirt damage to SRN4 The Princess Anne.
Mark, 2009 (hover-gen list). "The Twin prop was made up of two craft Sure and Freedom."
Old, R. T., 2005. "The demise of VA3 was spectacular and painful. She was blown up off Ryde sands by a series of controlled underwater explosions carried out by the RN and BHC to determine the vulnerabilty of air cushioned vehicles to mines etc. Though severely damaged during the final tests individual 'bits'of her had to be chased on the tide and disposed of separately. The maximun 'g' recorded was of the order of 7, it was suggested at the time that a ship or submarine would have experienced something of the order of 20 'g'plus in similar circumstances."
Parkinson, C., 2008. "The bow-on shot of the Coast Guard Hovercraft is i believe #039, built for a Gulf State, but never delivered, although the craft were registered in Ottawa, the SRN6 and one SRN5 was based at Sea island hovercraft base. The two SRN6 were 086 and 039, the SRN5 was decomissioned and another SRN6 was bought from the Arctic, parts were taken from the SRN5 to get the SRN6 working and registered as 045. At the same time the Coast Guard was operating a AP1-88 200 on the East Coast. 086 was retired first, then 045 and finally 039. We now have 2 AP1-88 400 and 2 AP1-88 200, one of each on the West Coast and East coast."
Walker, 2009. "Just to let you know I heard it was becoming a sorta carpark for lorries? Seems such a waste.."

Page updated: 08/15/2010