Hovercrafts were the future of travel, then it all went sideways
Southsea, England (CNN) — On October 1, 2000, the skirts of Princess Anne and Princess Margaret deflated for the final time. These two colossal SR.N4 hovercraft had shuttled vacationers and booze cruisers between the UK and France since the late 1960s. Now it was time to say au revoir.What prompted their retirement? Plenty. Passenger capacity was less than a quarter of the average ferry. These "Mountbatten" class hovercraft were spendy […]