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June 1, 1999
Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (born 1910)
Christopher Cockerell
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
Hovercraft
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces.