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Images kindly sent by Nick Gurney
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Not for publication please, until July 20th 1962.
Hovercraft uses TV as "Rear mirror"; from the Pye Group, Cambridge. |
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Note to Editors and Journalists from Vickers-Armstrong Ltd., 18th July 1962
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A certificate signed by the captain of the first flight out by VA-3 from Rhyl to Wallasey; certifying Mr. Harry Parry, chairman of Tourism at Rhyl UDC, as having travelled by VA-3 "Hovercoach" across the Dee estuary. |
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A group of officials including Mr. Harry Parry (in white) greet the crew of VA3-001 upon its arrival at Rhyl in 1962.
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Prepared for trial at Itchen, one of the bases of Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. |
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High-speed trials on the Solent |
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The VA.3 on choppy seas undergoing cross-tide trials |
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Cruising off Netley Beach |
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The VA-3 proves its true amphibian nature using its two turbo-props to get it onto land |
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