1963: London's summer of the Hoverbus (opens in new tab)

Jago Hazzard looks back to a short-lived transport experiment that took place in London in the summer of 1963\. From 1 July to 31 October, a hovercraft service operated on the Thames in London between Festival Pier at Waterloo and Tower Bridge\. The experiment was not a success and the Hoverbus's manufacturers, Denny, went out of business the following year\. But Jago is right: hovercraft were once seen as the future\. Later in the Sixties, I can recall, you often got mini-hovercraft rides at...