HOVERSPEED Hovercraft High Speed Ferry www.GlobeMaster.de

[dadster52]

Such memories... we took a flight on this in March, 2000 and the trip over to Calais was terrible due to high waves in the Channel, which made for a very, very rough ride. But the trip back was wonderful and smooth. Glad I got to do this once before they closed.

[superbran2008]

good vid m8 1 grate British accomplishment and 1 heck of a vehicle 

[tjshill82]

Top quality vid! Please tell me one is preserved somewhere????

[sf52lnw]

@tjshill82 They are kept at the hovercraft museum in hampshire.

[neilam6]

Why did they retire it?

[VeronavilleFilms]

Because it was too expensive to run, and too difficult to obtain parts as BHC closed their doors many years before. That is why Hoverspeed decided to replace hovercraft with SeaCat catamarans.

Hoverspeed also cease to exsist in November 2005 and as a result, the fleet was sold to different companies.

It was a great deal of a shame to axe world's only car ferry hovercraft.

[joshymet1]

WOW! ONBOARD VIDEO!