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HoverWorld Expo 2004 has been cancelled

With great regret, the World Hovercraft Organization and Australian Hovercraft Federation announces that the National Capital Authority in Canberra has declined the opportunity to stage HoverWorld Expo 2004, requiring the cancellation of this important event. Click here for details.

The Following was provided from the Official Archives of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Canberra Branch

PROGRAMME OF AQUATIC EVENTS

LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN
Saturday 14th March, 1964

Time Event
8 am - 12.30 pm Hovercraft checks and tests (on land only).
9 am Speedboat time trials.
9:30 am Water ski-ing.
10 am Speedboat time trials.
10:30 am Water ski-ing.
11 Speedboat racing.
12:20 pm Water ski-ing.
1 pm Hovercraft (Ground Effect Machine)
1:20 pm 155 G.I. Championship
1:40 pm Hovercraft.
2 pm Sidevalve Championship.
2:20 pm Speedboat Racing.
2:40 pm Hovercraft.
3 pm Water ski-ing.
3:20 pm Speedboat Racing .
3:40 pm Hovercraft.
4 pm Speedboat Open Championship.
4:30 pm Hovercraft.
5 pm Speedboat Racing.
5:30 pm Water ski-ing.