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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
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The
Hovercraft Universal photo -- with the "three" airborne hovercrafts -- has been doctored. It's
one hovercraft with
three views of it, sandwiched onto one print.
The largest aircraft in the world -- the Russian
Antonov 225 -- uses the same principal (as the Hovercraft Universal) to fly just 20 feet above the water. It has a 10,000 nautical mile range.
http://webplaza.pt.lu/public/heisten...ov/antonov.htm
Two years ago,
Swift Oceanics made an all-aluminum Jet-Ski capable of over 90 MPH "right out of the box". The example in the article was black, and appeared in
Popular Science magazine. The
Laser X-2000 had 175 four-cycle power, and weighed 290 pounds. I mean,
why buy an
ordinary Sea-Doo?
One of the earliest Jet-Ski designs was the "Skeeter". It was an outboard-powered widow-maker. To look at it, there was no question that it was the first PWC design.
I hope NOT to see any of these on Winnipesaukee. (Except the Antonov -- and
that one, just once).