Hovercraft at Ramsgate 1970

[@rko4726]

My grandad worked on this as an engineer.. sadly he has been gone for quite sometime now. I came across the photographs he took and home video with no audio.. amazing

[@Rumpio]

I travelled on one of these as a child! Thrust 2 had just arrived at Dover moments before so it was a mega day for me seeing two amazing craft in one day. if I ever win the lottery I'm starting a new fleet!

[@byteme1963]

Thanks for posting this....fond memories...we travelled on Swift and Sure in that first summer they operated.

[@RogerBut]

My Pal was a Service Engineer working on Swift & Sure in 1970. I did catch a glimpse of one of them a few years ago at Lee-on-the-Solent?

[@Rumpio]

Fabulous footage. If you run it through a video editing program you can adjust the colour to correct to everyday tones :)

[@donsarde]

when did the last hovercraft leave ramsgate, in which did Pegwell bay shut down??