Hi All, Solent Express was also out of action on Tuesday/Wednesday for the same reason. Freedom 90 struggled alone for much of Tuesday before Island Express...
Chris, The hovercraft concerned is the AP 1-88 GH-2107, formerly the "Double-O-Seven". She was built in 1989, and operated with Hovertravel until November...
It should be noted that a few weeks after this incident a member of the Family Home and Garden discussion board on e-Bay who is working in Sierra Leone posted...
Hi all, Â This message just to let you know that a model of the Aerotrain I-80 is now produced in France. To see pictures of the model and order it, please...
http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/hovershow.html Looks like being a very good one and it's at a more favourable time of year weather-wise... :-) Peter...
This might be a long shot, but knowing that most members on here have other marine interests and / or connections... Does anyone here know Terry Yarwood from...
As an update, contact has now been made, thank you. :-) Peter ... From: "Peter Mugridge" <p.mugridge@...> To: <hover-gen@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
Does anyone know which AP1-88 this is, and the story behind her and this photo? Link- http://www.flickr.com/photos/97151917@N00/3110268193/ Thanks. Neil...
AP1-88/100-003 IDUN VIKING and NQEA AP1-88/300 MANTA were returned to the UK from Kazakhstan on 17 October. This craft would appear to be one of those. The...
I understand the two craft will be refurbished at St. Helens on the IoW. Aging craft, I wonder if it's really finamcially worth while?????? Ken ... Duver ... ...
I understand the two craft will be refurbished at St. Helens on the IoW. Aging craft, I wonder if it's really finamcially worth while?????? Ken ... Duver ... ...
You beat me to it! I was just about to post something about the two craft! I live in Hythe, and yes, these two craft are indeed stored at the former U.S. base....
Look at the craft name - it is "Griffin", formerly "Courier ... From: hover-gen@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hover-gen@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Coulson ...
last time i saw her she was in hovertravel colours. Is it possible the craft behind her in the photo is the craft at Hoverwork fitted out for Russia about 15...
Hi, Gents, Been watching the thread about these 1-88s and just made me wonder - how many hovercraft are actually stored on the IoW at the moment, which ones,...
So what is or was -003's past names? And does anyone have a serial #, registation 3 or other names for Manta? Could someone straighten me out on these. I...
There are five AP1-88 craft at Hythe: Hoverline SE Griffin, formerly Courier. Built by NQEA in Australia. I think this was their third craft. Built as an...
NQEA/AP1-88 "Tienpengyang II" The hull became Manta (Why "Tienpengyang II"?? The first "Tienpengyang" was supposed to be the first of 3 sold to Taiwan....
Fyi, the ex-SAS craft were going to go to the USA, but someone changed their mind... http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/reports/104/sr066.104.pdf ... From:...
I didn't realize there are five over here. There must be a couple more tucked away elsewhere on the complex. :-) Doug -- In hover-gen@yahoogroups.com, "Mark...
Thanks for the info everyone - I have been trying to build a list of the AP1-88's for data filing of my collections of info and personal photos. So this is...
Well it didn't show up the way I hoped so I'll post a word file in the files section named AP1-88s- Thanks again all- Neil ... of ... personal ... couple...