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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.

Neoteric Hovercraft Photo Gallery
Neoteric Hovercraft's photo collection illustrates the variety of hovercraft entered in The World's First Hovercraft Race. Gp Capt N. F. Lamb, chairman of the Canberra Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society and organizer of the event, said of the craft, "The fact that ten completely different types of air cushion vehicles were entered for the races shows the latent talent available."

 

Click on images for enlargements and descriptions:
Hovercrafts history pictures
Hovercrafts engines pictures
Fastest hovercraft pics
Pictures racing hover craft designs
Racing hovercrafts pictures
Most unusual hovercraft photo
Future Hoverhawk hovercraft picture
The heaviest hovercraft
RAAF hovercraft photo
Disappearing hovercraft pictures
Hovercraft photo Norman Hyett
Hovercraft engine pictures
World's first hovercraft race photo
Hovercraft history pictures
The Governor-General of Australia visits the trials
Rob Wilson working on lift system chain drive
Second place winner photo
Dan Reece, Hoverhawk photo
Winning hovercraft close up photo

 

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