A Cushion of Air: Christopher Cockerell and the Hovercraft | Kitson Teaches Pro, Book 10
Kitson Teaches Pro, Book 10: the story of Christopher Cockerell, who worked out how to lift a craft on a curtain of air, and the 1959 Channel crossing that showed the world his hovercraft.
A regular book in plain, readable prose (37 pages, PDF), written for working professionals, engineers and curious adults. What is inside:
- The air curtain, explained properly, from the patent
- From a simple model to the SR-N1, and the dates that matter
- The 25 July 1959 Channel crossing
- An honest look at market fit: where hovercraft did and did not succeed
- What went wrong and what is disputed
- Lessons for engineers and professionals today
Every fact is sourced, and the full list of sources with access dates is at the back. Where sources disagree, the book says so.
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