 The past of the future
"Pyromancer" <dj.pyromancer@> wrote in message
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> Michael Bell wrote:
>
>> Alongside a ruler-straight stretch of the Bedford river where it
>> crosses the Cambridgeshire fens, the first three-mile section of
>> hovercraft track is being raised. Half the track is supported 10 feet
>> above the ground, with the next secion being raised to 30 ft on piers.
>
> Does any of this track survive? What happened to the experiment? Did
> any services (or even tests) actually run?
>
Don't know about the UK one, but a large section of the Bertin track was in
place when I last used the Nationale north of Orleans, a few years ago.
Brian
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