Hovercraft being broken up
Discussion
Digger said:
Once up and moving, how far could they get with something measuring 40m * c25m? 
How far do you want to go? They can get out the way they came in; through the gates, across the road, down the beach and onto the oggin.
Digger said:
Once up and moving, how far could they get with something measuring 40m * c25m?
This has the basis of a secret cunning plan 
Right so 500 people turn up with their battery powered hoovers one night, quietly inflate the skirts. Then without anyone noticing all heave down the slipway to the sea
What next
hidetheelephants said:
How far do you want to go? They can get out the way they came in; through the gates, across the road, down the beach and onto the oggin.
I looked at that satellite view earlier and thought, where are they? Interesting that there are two hovercraft shaped buildings there. 
Big buggers aren't they?hidetheelephants said:
Digger said:
Once up and moving, how far could they get with something measuring 40m * c25m?
How far do you want to go? They can get out the way they came in; through the gates, across the road, down the beach and onto the oggin.hammo19 said:
I used to watch these depart from Pegwell Bay before they went to Dover. My mum still lives on the road above the old Hoverlloyd hoverport.
Have happy memories of a week's family holiday back in the summer of '74 (may have been '75) staying in a bungalow in Pegwell Road and walking across the road and along the cliff path above the bay and watching the hovercrafts come and go. Fabulously noisey beasts This kind of cultural vandalism makes me cross, it stuff like these Hovercraft, Concorde etc that should have been rescued, restored and exhibited for the Millennium rather than the odious carbuncle they build in Woolwhich.
If so we'd have a fleet of fine vessels, planes, cars, tanks, trucks etc from all eras to exhibit and demonstrate for years to come, it would have been a wonder of the modern age... No some liberal tree hugging dipsh*t thought it would be better to smash them up with diggers and recycle them ala the Nimrod- what a criminal waste that was!?
On the other hand given the amount of flooding we're getting recently perhaps they'd be better used as housing :-)
If so we'd have a fleet of fine vessels, planes, cars, tanks, trucks etc from all eras to exhibit and demonstrate for years to come, it would have been a wonder of the modern age... No some liberal tree hugging dipsh*t thought it would be better to smash them up with diggers and recycle them ala the Nimrod- what a criminal waste that was!?
On the other hand given the amount of flooding we're getting recently perhaps they'd be better used as housing :-)
scubadude said:
This kind of cultural vandalism makes me cross, it stuff like these Hovercraft, Concorde etc that should have been rescued, restored and exhibited for the Millennium rather than the odious carbuncle they build in Woolwhich.
If so we'd have a fleet of fine vessels, planes, cars, tanks, trucks etc from all eras to exhibit and demonstrate for years to come, it would have been a wonder of the modern age... No some liberal tree hugging dipsh*t thought it would be better to smash them up with diggers and recycle them ala the Nimrod- what a criminal waste that was!?
On the other hand given the amount of flooding we're getting recently perhaps they'd be better used as housing :-)
Don't mention Concorde. That's a whole new level of anger about what BA were allowed to do with them.If so we'd have a fleet of fine vessels, planes, cars, tanks, trucks etc from all eras to exhibit and demonstrate for years to come, it would have been a wonder of the modern age... No some liberal tree hugging dipsh*t thought it would be better to smash them up with diggers and recycle them ala the Nimrod- what a criminal waste that was!?
On the other hand given the amount of flooding we're getting recently perhaps they'd be better used as housing :-)
You make a very good point.
Saw this earlier... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/battl...
Perhaps the HS2 pot could be put to good use and spent on saving our National treasures.
LIFT!scubadude said:
This kind of cultural vandalism makes me cross, it stuff like these Hovercraft, Concorde etc that should have been rescued, restored and exhibited for the Millennium rather than the odious carbuncle they build in Woolwhich.
If so we'd have a fleet of fine vessels, planes, cars, tanks, trucks etc from all eras to exhibit and demonstrate for years to come, it would have been a wonder of the modern age... No some liberal tree hugging dipsh*t thought it would be better to smash them up with diggers and recycle them ala the Nimrod- what a criminal waste that was!?
On the other hand given the amount of flooding we're getting recently perhaps they'd be better used as housing :-)
Why should all of the Concorde fleet be preserved? There's one at Duxford as a exhibition piece, why do we need all of them and where should they be kept? If so we'd have a fleet of fine vessels, planes, cars, tanks, trucks etc from all eras to exhibit and demonstrate for years to come, it would have been a wonder of the modern age... No some liberal tree hugging dipsh*t thought it would be better to smash them up with diggers and recycle them ala the Nimrod- what a criminal waste that was!?
On the other hand given the amount of flooding we're getting recently perhaps they'd be better used as housing :-)
And sadly the cross-channel hover was an evolutionary dead end. It was cramped, noisy and incredibly dated by the time it came out of service. Couldn't carry freight. And the smell of Avgas on board was enough to make the passengers nauseous even on a smooth crossing.
I think it has passed people by that the Stena HSS fleet are being scrapped. And they were a brilliant solution to ferry travel, very fast compared to a standard ferry and much more comfortable than a hovercraft. Two already scrapped and the third on the way if it hasn't already been broken up.
Tom_C76 said:
Why should all of the Concorde fleet be preserved? There's one at Duxford as a exhibition piece, why do we need all of them and where should they be kept?
And sadly the cross-channel hover was an evolutionary dead end. It was cramped, noisy and incredibly dated by the time it came out of service. Couldn't carry freight. And the smell of Avgas on board was enough to make the passengers nauseous even on a smooth crossing.
I think it has passed people by that the Stena HSS fleet are being scrapped. And they were a brilliant solution to ferry travel, very fast compared to a standard ferry and much more comfortable than a hovercraft. Two already scrapped and the third on the way if it hasn't already been broken up.
Concorde - the one at Duxford is not the same as the ones that were in service...And sadly the cross-channel hover was an evolutionary dead end. It was cramped, noisy and incredibly dated by the time it came out of service. Couldn't carry freight. And the smell of Avgas on board was enough to make the passengers nauseous even on a smooth crossing.
I think it has passed people by that the Stena HSS fleet are being scrapped. And they were a brilliant solution to ferry travel, very fast compared to a standard ferry and much more comfortable than a hovercraft. Two already scrapped and the third on the way if it hasn't already been broken up.
No, we don't need to keep them all, but one in working condition would be nice.
SRN-4 - it's a unique bit of engineering/transport history, still the fastest way to cross the channel, albeit a noisy one!
I don't disagree about the HSS fleet, used to use the one to holland and it was terrific, I guess like the hovercraft, they were just to fuel expensive?
hidetheelephants said:
How far do you want to go? They can get out the way they came in; through the gates, across the road, down the beach and onto the oggin.
See that one on the left?.....I massively puked in that one.See the other one on the right?.....I puked in that one as well.
anonymous said:
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There are some things that the public purse should fund.I think a collection of our technical achievements like this would pay for itself in the benefit it would give to the Nation.
What would you rather?
"Look Johnny, this is all the things this great nation has achieved" or
"Look Johnny, here's a book with pictures of all the things this great nation has achieved."
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