Hovercraft departing from Dover

[missloopsalot]

I went on it twice when I was little... I can remember it being very very noisy and me being very very sick. Which must have been horrible for the other people on it... my dad loved going on it though!!

[eddietraub]

it was a very sad day when these hovercrafts were taken out of service i can still remember hoverlloyd and seaspeed running the hovercraft untill they merged and become hoverspeed it was an even sadder day when hoverspeed closed

[moreleftrudder]

Noisy, uneconomical, impractical, completely awesome british engineering, just like the concorde. the world is a sadder, more boring place without them...

[Sterlingjob]

@moreleftrudder Telling me that shifting 300 tonnes of cars and craft for 40 mins and using 2500kg of fuel is uneconomical? Impractical? Yeah right.....

[lapalmyresam]

was a brilliant way to cross the channel miss it so much

[TheDane2006]

That was probally the coolest carferry ive ever seen in action!! - thanks for showing this clip, it was awesome.

[SaberTanker22]

i remember this and the Concorde being taken out of service people don't see the benefit in good clean and fast and safe technology.

[gogglesntophat]

@SaberTanker22 apparently they suck fuel like crazy

[paulskinlad]

very nice

[wahoe79]

i used to work on this at Dover....loved that job!

[simongbb7]

Love hovercraft. They need to make a come back!

[Lavalambtron]

Fantastic when it rises, looks like some sort of mythical beast!

[clnewcombe]

I first travelled on The Princess Anne in July 1982 and from then on I was hooked making my final crossing in year 2000. As with many British inventions the hovercraft never realised its' full potential. Had development carried on with the emphasis on fuel economy and carrying capacity there would still be hovercraft working the Channel today.

[HovKid]

Just went to see these recently at the hovercraft museum on Lee On The Solent, if there not going to put them back into service ( which i wish they would ) i think they should at least let people look inside them at the museum as you are only aloud on the outside of it.

Great Vid Though

[RydeHover]

@HovKid the two SR.N.4 craft are not owned by the Hovercraft Museum but are in private ownership and he allows one craft to be open to the public when the Museum have Open Days but not always!

[HovKid]

@RydeHover Since my previous comment (2 Years Ago!) I have been to the Hover museum on one of its open days, and had the chance to take a look around the SRN4 including the cockpit, which was an awesome experience since I never got to ride in one across the channel.

I also managed to get myself a ride in the SRN6, as I know the guy who was piloting it at that particular event! Well worth the visit.

[redm0zzy]

Great video, I used to watch these beasts leaving and arriving at Dover as a child. Great memories

[unholyangel1982]

amazing machine...

like the moment of uprising :)

[winterfalk]

Nice video better then my video cause I did not get it how the air went out of the rubber. I would like to have them back at service to. Cause the Sea Cat and the Norfolkline Car Ferry take much longer.

[12kissmybut]

they r in lee on the solent on the south coast for sale for like 1.5 mil each lk on google earth

[kawazaizzr400]

i want them to come bk in to service again

[Matty4]

same here

[pegjh]

Awesome!