These pictures were copied from "From River To Sea" by Raymond Wheeler, published by Cross Publishing. I copied these photos without permission, but I believe that's ok as I am using these photos as part of a book review...........

Christopher Cockerell, the inventor of the hovercraft, clinging to the bow of the World's First Hovercraft during the first hovercraft crossing of the English Channel. Wow.(80k)
The SRN1 after its historic crossing. (88k)
Two pictures of the SRN2's ground clearance: floating-pic1 and floating-pic2. (32k each)
A schematic diagram of the SRN2 (208k)




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