Air-cushioned cruising
Jul 08, 2022
2 minutes
lthough engineers had tinkered with the concept of hovering crafts for centuries, it wasn’t until 1915 that an Austrian naval officer, Dagobert von Thomamühl, built the world’s first air-cushion boat. Intended to work as a fast-deployment troop carrier, several were made but ultimately mothballed. Further military applications emerged in the 1930s, but this,
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