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Aviation History
1962
1962 - 1534.PDF
Ignore time and tide .'"" The world's first scheduled Hovercraft service uses the Vickers VA-3 Rhyl—Wallasey is now a 25 minute journey—19 miles by sea instead of 41 miles over congested roads. With a capacity of 24 passengers or just over 2 tons of payload, and a speed of 60 knots, the VA-3 is ideal for such off-shore service. • The VA-4 provides for even bigger payloads and lower operating costs — accommodating 200 passengers or 30 tons of freight. • Speed, safety and comfort —all these features with a truly amphibious vehicle that needs no costly dock installations, saving double handling of freight and passen ers. SOUTH MARSTON WORKS* Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Limited, P.O. Box 8, Swindon, Wilts., England. Cablegrams: Vicmarston Swindon. Code: Bentley's 2n *FORMERLY VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS (SOUTH MARSTON) LTD.
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