On Wed, 14 May 2008 12:17:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 14, 3:05*pm, (Geoff Miller) wrote:
It isn't commonly known that the Coasdt Guard tested
a couple of hovercraft on San Francisco Bay in the
early 1970s:

http://groups.sims.berkeley.edu/waypoint/images/41.jpg

http://groups.sims.berkeley.edu/waypoint/images/42.jpg

Geoff

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"That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere
*is almost certain to be false. *- Paul Valery * * *

This is a different concept, it has wings and will actuall fly a few
feet off of the surface!

Hey Loogy, I told Wayne B, over in Chuck's place, that you were the local
hovercraft expert. He's interested in the '18' model.
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John *H*