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Thanks for the video it bring back fond memories

Who else is watching in 2020 😂

When I was living in England from 1974 to 1976, I took a trip on one from Dover to Calais. One big hovercraft.

Great piece of engineering. Amazing

My Brother and I crossed the Channel this way in 1974... Two young Hippies thumbing our way up to Amsterdam.Great Experience.

This is an awesome video! And it brings back memories, yes. I was ten in 1969 when the world was in a higher-faster-mood: first flight of the Boeing 747, Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and the introduction of the hovercraft cross channel! Actually, we young boys were very much intrigued by this splendid piece of British ingenuity, and this even more fuelled by an article in our English textbook about the S.R.N.4. Needless to say that as soon as I was allowed to travel on my own to Britain in 1976, I did my first trip on the Calais-Ramsgate line onboard Hoverlloyd's 'Swift'. I was lucky enough having crossed the channel several times on the S.R.N.4s Mk. II and III until 1991, and even once on the N 500 Naviplane in 1979. Have always been addicted to this form of travel which resembled so much a hybridisation of ship and aircraft. Thank you very much for having shared this valuable testimony!

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Thanks for the video

I miss those days. Lots of nostalgia there...

@GIGABACHI - This was the Hoverspeed Hovercraft (1969-2000) between Dover (England) and Calais (France), British Channel

thank you for this! remember watching these when I was a little boy!

From the same people that brought us the Harrier jump jet, Concorde, the Merlin engine that transformed the P-51 mustang, the engine that was stolen for the MiG-15, and the industrial revolution. Great vid, especially drive on. Would be great for Seattle - Victoria route

Best way to cross the channel. SOME GENIUS BRING THIS BACK.

Pity they are no longer in service. I made the trip between Calais and Dover back in the 1980s, in this very craft, "The Princess Anne"! Thanks for the memories! It was a fun ride :)

On my first trip to England in 1983 I saw the Hovercraft and was fascinated by it. Came back in 1990 and crossed from France to Dover on rough seas. It was a noisy and bumpy ride but fairly fast. Not glamorous as I had imagined but still a good memory maker.

I did both many times aswell when I was a kid. Just the other way around.

I remember James Bond taking Peter Franks' Triumph Stag on the "SeaSpeed" Hovercraft in "Diamonds are forever".

Year 2020 and youtube recommends this for me.

I remember going on one hoover Loyd in the early 70's could not see out of the window, far too much spray.

Wow it is really nice.

thanks for posting. I rode this in 89 but never saw inside the car deck, just the passenger area

You would look at that, listen and think 'wtf is this? Run!'

J'habite pas très loin de ce qui fut le terminal hovercraft côté France (situé à Loon-Plage). L'endroit est abandonné, mais il reste encore le plan incliné en béton et de rares traces de marquage au sol pour les files de véhicules. Bien triste que cette époque soit révolue!

We had one or two crossings with an engine failure, it still carried on fine but went sideways a bit more instead of straight line.

is this in the UK? i always wanted to see and ride one of these big ones!!

Thank you for your reply. I'd always wondered about that.

Visited the UK from the USA in 1983 and took HoverSpeed one day to Calais. Felt like I was riding a stone skipping over the water!

I remember July 1981 Dover to calais

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Wonderful usage of modern technology.

Why 33 dislikers ?? Great vid !

During typhoon this vehicle can be a disaster too.

awesome!!

Fabulous way to travel, brings back many happy memories, thank you

Absolute unit

yes it would.. there's the body part of it.. and around the bottom and underneath is the air from one of the propellers being pocketed in the skirt (the big black part puffing up like a balloon) so it can hover.. when there's no air the body just rests on top of the water

Amazing

I always wanted to go on one and never did.

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One of the most bizarre vehicles I've ever seen!

Un Hovercraft gigantesco!

I always enjoyed a ride with the Hoverspeed :-) Great sound and vibrations...and very fast.

yes, all over the world! for all sorts of used inc. army, ambulance in remote places, ferry/cargo like you see here, tours and joyrides .. just it's not super common as a joyrides thing so you don't see it around much.. it's more for the big dogs cause they're not cheap!

Went on those many times !

I remember a trip from Calais many years ago. The channel was millpond flat but the cup of coffee that I had on my tray was vibrating so much it tipped over and spilt ........ those Proteus engines certainly delivered the power but were far from smooth

Yea man ! There are still people that still wont baleave this was real . An amazing sight of a true amphibious machine with pure rubber and more than two engines. Thanks for your time in making this.

I am also here at 2023🔥 ferbuary

2020👍🏻

@jazzenthusiast Thanks for the info.

*ذكرتني بطيارة عدنان ولينا ماادري سفينتهم*

Brings back beautiful memories of early childhood - used to cross this way several times a year to visit my dad who lived in france. As a small kid i always used to find it so impressive- the noise, the way it "floated" on land and water, and the sheer ingenuity of the thing! Once this was gone, nothing could replace it. Looking back in this it looks quite a bit smaller than i remembered it!

وا افه جیه بابوا ..اری والله سفینه نوح دروه افه راسته ..

wow.. supper. nice

Is this still in operation??? I´ve visit Dover and didn´t see it... I think is a good way to go to France....

Great video! My cross channel experiences only began after the closure of the hovercraft so interesting to see what it was like

wooow is good.... amazing...

I could ski up home side behind this

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great times with my family on this 1984.

I am stunned! Nobody mentionef where it is.

Parabéns pelo seu trabalho

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It was great innovation

Isso é um disco nadador ?

Where was this filmed ?

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এত বছর পর বাংলাদেশ থেকে দেখছি।

Great

Took this ride from Dover, England to Calais, France. That was a blast. Skimming over the water, waves splashing the windows. There was also duty free shopping during the ride. Gotta have that Toblerone chocolate. 😁😁

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the hovercraft is one of two cool things you Brits come up with, the other by far has to be James Bond

2023 hadir...

22 Minutes was the record of the Princess Anne. Its so sad to see them go, im born in the wrong time :(

I remember ,we could see the rubber belt come up, now and then in rough see.

beautiful

Cair aqui de para quedas ,q parada é isso,sei q é um barco bem diferente. .

Ó xenty! A pois é um disco avuadô?!?😂😂😂

Amazing experience lost to many

Great machine, apparently it wasn't cost effective, and too bumpy to ride when the sea wasn't flat, but still, crazy look

Great machine , love it 👍👍👍👍

Just like the Concorde...it's all about the money, not the brains :P

@ApriVanBuuren If I remember rightly, 35 minutes. I think thats what it took when I used to go on it.

Amazing KZfaq MUROTAL & MUALAF

جيد جدا لقد اساثمتعت بمشاهده رئعه

where to park where to park i know why not there on land

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Why its not running anymore?

These machines were brilliant. Much cheaper to operate than a tunnel. They must be reinstated and give Eurotunnel some competition.

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We miss this great opportunity to travel quickly and well over the channel

Oh, OK. So it wasn't really a major drama, more of an inconvenience then. What a brilliant design...

Yes they use to "operate" between Boulogne (France) and Dover (UK) ... But they abandoned the crossings ... Pity I liked them ...

No, the reason services stopped operating was because the Channel Tunnel was taking away too many customers.

Sangat bagus kalau team SAR kita punya Hover yg begini lebih evisien dalam mobilitasnya

These SRN4 'Mountbatten' Class hovercraft operated between the Hoverports at Ramsgate [Pegwell Bay] and Calais,and between Dover Harbour and Calais/Boulogne. They stopped operating in 2000 and two are presently preserved in the hovercraft Museum near Southampton. There was a plan to recondition them and use them across Lake Ontario in 2010 but nothing has come of this. A smaller hovercraft still operates a frequent service between Southsea and Ryde,Isle of Wight.

This might sound like a silly question, but I've often wondered, if this craft had an engine failure half way across the channel, would it float or not?

Omg, sO speedy

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very good