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1962
1962 - 1504.PDF
Air-Cushion Vehicles FLIGHT International supplement, 23 August l%i INTERNATIONAL NEWS 11 III dCU Sailor and Air Pilot, the Duke of Edinburgh goes aboard the Westland SR.N2 on Lee-on-Solent on August 2. rlis Royal tiignness went in the craft (seen with one pylon swivelled) for an hour during a private and informal visit to Lee where SR.N2 has been on trial. After the trip Lt Cdr Peter Lamb reported: "The Duke has driven SR.N1, but this one is more complicated.'" SR.N2 in Service A passenger service between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth was inaugu rated on August 13 by the Westland SR.N2. The craft, with Lt Cdr Peter Lamb at the controls, made three trips from Ryde to Southsea beach and back, carrying 38 paying passengers on each occasion. Taking ten minutes, the trip is three times as fast as the present ferry boat service, and the fare is 10s single. The ferry boat fare is 6s return. The service was to be run every week day for a fortnight and has been orga nized jointly by Westland Aircraft Ltd and Southdown Motor Services Ltd. The area manager for Southdown, Mr John Armstrong, said he was very pleased with the way things went. There was a small delay at the start, but SR.N2 quickly made up time. Mr Armstrong added that his company's plans for running the service regularly were still in a formative stage. A link between Brighton and Portsmouth is in mind. Coverage of the new Hovercraft service by the national Press was understandably on a lesser scale than that accorded the Rhyl-Wallasey ven ture. Nevertheless, The Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times printed reports. Two of the newspapers quoted a woman passenger as saying that the journey was smooth and comfortable and that the noise was not excessive. After a short time, she said, she became so used to it that it was un- noticeable. Russia's Big; One It is now reported that the 250- passenger Soviet air-cushion vehicle mentioned in a news paragraph in our July issue has been designed by Vladimir Kulga of Riga. Tass reports that, apart from hovering, the craft "will also be able to sail as a ship in the conventional manner." Employment on long sea voyages is mentioned. Denny's 80-footer Subject of a brief preliminary descrip tion on page 27 of this issue, the Denny D.2 sidewall Hovercraft set out on her maiden trip at Dumbarton on July 25. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reported that she reached more than 20kt, and that a remarkable difference 24
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