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Uploaded by on Dec 11, 2009

Hoverspeed hovercraft flight across the Channel from Dover to Calais in 1997. The now retired hovercraft was the fastest way to UK until 2000. © http://www.globemaster.de

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  • WOW! ONBOARD VIDEO!

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

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  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Why did they retire it?

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