(Update 11/11/2024 Sorry if a few image thumbnails and galleries are a bit buggy, I'm updating the coding at the moment - James)
The following shots were kindly sent in by Matt Holbrook, from his trip to the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, and Gosport. The photos show a timelapse of the voyage across the Solent of the hovercraft operated by Hovertravel, in February 2012.
SRN4 hovercraft at the Hovercraft Museum, in HMS Daedalus site, Gosport
SRN6 Twin-Prop hovercraft at the Hovercraft Museum
Hovertravel AP1-88 arriving at Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 arriving at Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 departing from Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 departing from Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 departing from Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 departing from Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 departing Ryde hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 departing Ryde hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 mid-Solent towards Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 mid-Solent towards Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 arriving at Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 arriving at Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
Hovertravel AP1-88 arriving at Southsea hoverport as viewed from the Spinnaker tower
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