There's something otherworldly about hovercraft. The way they glide over water and land, usually with billows of spray or sand, is pure mechanized spectacle. There was a time when it seemed hovercraft ...

Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel for a discussion about the U.S. military’s ship-to-shore hovercraft and its many other ...

Whether it be the massive Typhoon Class ballistic submarines, or the menacing Kirov Class Battle Cruisers, the USSR of the 1980s tended to prefer their military hardware massive. When it comes to ...

We're all familiar with cars, planes, trains and boats as being the most popular forms of transport the world over. But while boats and ferries have long proven their worth at crossing large bodies of ...

In the nineteen fifties, hovercraft looked like something pulled straight from science fiction. They promised to glide over water, mud, sand, and even ice with ease. Designers imagined fast ferries, ...

Personal hovercraft have never been as popular as ATVs or powerboats, but Michael Mercier is on a mission to change that. By day, he designs paper shredders. But with a lot of hard work, some ...

Hovercraft were a quick way to zip across the world's waterways but were noisy and expensive to operate. Could they be about to enjoy a second wind? The 12.30pm midweek hovercraft departure from ...

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Airplanes are fast, but they use a lot of power to keep a payload in the air. Surface ships carry a lot of cargo, but water resistance keeps them slow. Last week Britain’s Saunders-Roe, Ltd. (aircraft ...

Nearly 12 years after National Park Service officers told John Stergeon he wasn't allowed to hunt moose from a hovercraft floating on an Alaskan river, the Supreme Court has affirmed Stergeon's right ...