Fifty Years of the Hovercraft

Early development of the 'hovercraft' was given to British aviation company, Saunders Roe, which produced the revolutionary SR-N1, dubbed the 'flying saucer'
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Flying Saucer
Early development of the 'hovercraft' was given to British aviation company, Saunders Roe, which produced the revolutionary SR-N1, dubbed the 'flying saucer', the world's first man-carrying amphibious vehicle.

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