IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Air Cushion Vehicles Collection ...

The Navy said it was a plane, not a boat. The Air Force said it was a boat, not a plane. The hovercraft is an ACV (Air Cushion Vehicle). Seriously, that’s the technical term. The inventor of the ACV ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sir Christopher Cockerell usually ...

Textron (NYSE: TXT) will obtain additional materials needed to build landing craft air cushion vehicles under a five-year, $314.3M contract modification from the U.S. Navy. The company will use the ...

U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) engineers in Florida are finding that finger skirt design improvements and a composite/aluminum hybrid lift-fan design are feasible ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Warship Technology is published five times a year, and adopts a technical rather than political or economic approach to naval ...

In the November 1967 issue, Popular Mechanics took a ride on the Navy's strangest vehicle the Patrol Air-Cushion Vehicle (PACV). Based on the Bell Aerosystems SK-5 hovercraft, the PACV served in ...