Watching these pilots turn these giant unwieldy machines is fascinating. Having steered recreational hovercraft I know how uncontrollable they are. These monsters have fascinated me since I built the Airfix model 50 years ago.
I think people wanted to travel from London to Paris, the Capital cities, rather than between two seaside towns. Air travel became cheap, as did the Channel Tunnel. I think that's all it was.
Watching these pilots turn these giant unwieldy machines is fascinating. Having steered recreational hovercraft I know how uncontrollable they are. These monsters have fascinated me since I built the Airfix model 50 years ago.
Britain used to rule half the world and invent stuff like this all the time. When did it all go wrong?
EU membership.
I think people wanted to travel from London to Paris, the Capital cities, rather than between two seaside towns. Air travel became cheap, as did the Channel Tunnel. I think that's all it was.
@@Rapscallion2009 oh darn....
@@unmea69l8er A hovercraft designed to travel from Britain to France and he blames the EU
@@emperorgrant ha ha you couldnt make it up
Engineers owned and ran the companies, payback in 5 years, I could go on !!!!
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