Certificate of travel on the world's first hovercraft passenger service
Stop press! Note about the VA3 to editors and journalists
Stop press! Note about the VA3's closed-circuit television cameras to provide rear-view capability to the pilot
A group of officials including Mr. Harry Parry (in white) greet the crew of VA3-001 upon its arrival at Rhyl in 1962
A group of officials including Mr. Harry Parry (in white) greet the crew of VA3-001 upon its arrival at Rhyl in 1962
Prepared for trial at Itchen, one of the bases of Vickers-Armstrong Ltd
High-speed trials on the Solent
The VA.3 on choppy seas undergoing cross-tide trials
Cruising off Netley Beach
The VA-3 proves its true amphibian nature using its two turbo-props to get it onto land