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The Tracked Hovercraft Project

Pages 129-145 | Published online: 31 Jan 2014

NOTES AND REFERENCES

  • Reports of Hovercraft Development Ltd., Tracked Hovercraft Division, 1960–1967, and Reports of Tracked Hovercraft Ltd., 1967–1973, respectively HDL and THL collections, deposited in the National Museum of Science & Industry/Imperial College Library, London.
  • `Hovershow 66 Souvenir Programme', The British Hovercraft Association, June 1966.
  • 'Tracked Hovercraft in Britain', promotional brochure by the Tracked Hovercraft Division of Hovercraft Development Ltd., June 1966.
  • 'A Note on Hovertrains and Levapads', Saunders Roe Ltd., 1960, op. cit., (1).
  • 'Tracked Hovercraft Ltd.—Appendices To The Minutes Of Evidence', The Select Committee on Science and Technology, Session 1972–73, HMSO, 5 July 1973, Submission by Professor F.T. Barwell.
  • E. R. Laithwaite, 'The Rise and Fall of Tracked Hovercraft', Council Of Engineering Institutions, Committee on Creativity and Innovation, Working Party Case Study 78/01, published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1978; also containing J. Wilson, `Commentary on Professor Laithwaite's Story', and E. R. Laithwaite, `Commentary on a Commentary'.
  • B. J. A. Bard, ( Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation), 'Tracked Hovercraft Project', memorandum submitted to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, February 1973, op. cit., (5).
  • Op. cit., (1), and T. G. Fellows, 'High Speed Surface Transport, The Work of Tracked Hovercraft Ltd.', paper to the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, 12 November 1973, and Manchester, 29 November 1973, and published in Railway Engineering Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, March 1974, pp 4–20. See also E. W. H. Gifford, and M. J. Platts, 'The Importance of Track Design in Ground Transportation Systems', paper to the International Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil and Advanced Transit Systems Conference, Brighton, May 13–16,1974.
  • Op. cit., (1), (6) and (8).
  • `Technology In Transport—Application of New Developments', Tracked Hovercraft Ltd., promotional brochure for Transpo '72 new transport technology exhibition, Washington, D.C., 1972.
  • 'Tracked Hovercraft—A High Speed Air Port Link', promotional report for the Commission on the ThirdLondon Air Port, September 1968; and 'Surface Access to the Third London Airport', a submission to the Commission on the Third London Airport, Tracked Hovercraft Ltd., July 1969.
  • 'Comparative Assessment of New Forms of Inter-City Transport', a report by the interdepartmental Working Party on Inter-City Transport, (Department of the Environment, Department of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Aviation Supply), Volume 1 (Report SRI), December 1970, vol. 2 (Appendices—Report SR2), July 1971, and vol. 3 (Final Report—Report SR3), December 1971, published by Transport and Road Research Laboratory.
  • `Tracked Hovercraft Ltd.', Third Report from the Select Committee on Science and Technology, Session 1972–73, HMSO, 24 July 1973; and `Tracked Hovercraft Ltd.', Government Observations on Third Report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology, Session 1972–73, HMSO, August 1974.
  • 'Tracked Hovercraft Project', memorandum by the Tracked Hovercraft Ltd. Staff Association, submitted to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, February 1973, op. cit., (5).
  • 'BRB Policy Regarding Tracked Hovercraft', memorandum by the British Railways Board, submitted to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, February 1973, op. cit., (5).
  • Op. cit., (6).

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