The Last Surviving Giant Passenger Hovercraft

In early 1968, Britain launched a revolutionary new form of sea transport: the giant SRN4-class hovercraft. They are the largest passenger hovercraft ever built, and they could fly between England and France in just 30 minutes - three times faster than anything else on the water. So why don't we have anything like them any more? MORE INFO The Hovercraft Museum: https://www.hovercraft-museum.org/ The museum's "Support Us" page, if you'd like to help them out: https://www.hovercraft-museum.org/support-us/ INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HoverSpeed_Great_Britain.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/widnes_road/52275121709 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sealink_ferries_Horsa_and_Maid_of_Orleans,_Dover,_1973.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurotunnel_Coquelles_2008.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Princess_Anne_Wellington_2023.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CountryLink_Coach_%28side_view%29.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Princess_Anne_at_discus_medal_ceremony_-_Commonwealth_Games_1974_(2).jpg