Air-cushion Vehicle for Exceptional Loads IN co-operation with Hovercraft
9th April 1965, Page 60
9th April 1965
Page 60
Page 60, 9th April 1965
— Air-cushion Vehicle for Exceptional Loads IN co-operation with Hovercraft
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Development, the Government agency. Vickers-Armstrongs has been asked to produce a mock-up for an air-cushion vehicle which could be used to carry exceptionally large and heavy loads for the Central Electricity Generating Board.
The vehicle being • considered would move in the ordinary way along roads. But when it reached a bridge a flexible skirt would be lowered and air would be used to form a pad beneath it. The weight would thus be borne over a large area. rather than concentrated through a few points.
BR to Develop Oil Storage Areas: British Railways Board has registered a company, Oil Rail Terminals Ltd., to develop oil storage areas at railheads in various parts of
the country. There will he 15 or more locations,