A collection of our best posts of the week in beyond cars
For more than 30 years, this monster hovercraft ferried passengers from Britain to France in just 35 minutes.
There's a reason commercial and personal hovercraft never really took off, but that won't stop Rich from Rich…
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DeLoreans have achieved a near-mythical status as a pop culture icon and with car enthusiasts alike because of its…
Photos of what appears to be possibly a mobile sea basing platform and logistics node, similar to US designs, have…
I just want you to know that I’m taking a big risk by posting these at all — goons from Big Tire have made it quite…
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Hovercraft: as it turns out, they go hella sideways.
The Chinese Navy has put their money where their mouth is when it comes to their interest in the world's largest…
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Piloting a hovercraft isn't easy. You've got to steer with one hand, transfer fuel to balance the weight with…
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Whether it be the massive Typhoon Class ballistic submarines, or the menacing Kirov Class Battle Cruisers, the USSR…
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The Navy's Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is one hell of a heavy hauling monster. Yet their large size that makes…
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Three deer somehow found themselves stuck in the middle of Albert Lea Lake in Minnesota and they can count…
Antarctica can be a punishing, lonely place. Humanity has never let either of those notions stop them from exploring…
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Watch this video of the European Hovercraft Championship and you'll ask yourself, "why aren't there more racing…
Alastair Senior had just finished assembling his hovercraft when he took it to a beach near his home in West…
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Hovercrafts, designed to operate on both land and water and be masters of neither, are odd little beasts. They've…
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The problem with most airplanes is they require pilot's licenses and the problem with most hovercrafts is they can't…
Yes, that's a real landspeeder, just like Luke Skywalker's X-34 in Star Wars. No computer-generated Hollywood movie…
Where's Troy McClure when you need him? When we were wee, we were obsessed with the plans for a DIY hovercraft in…
Back when we lived Oakland work sometimes carried us over the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island to spray umber and ocher…