SRN4 Hovercraft at Work. Part 2: The Passenger Experience.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2017
- The second in a series of videos made during the final weeks of cross-Channel SRN4 hovercraft operation in 2000. In this video we take a (compressed) trip from Dover to Calais, including the lift-off at Calais for the return journey. "Grandad, are you scared?" "No." "Well you will be when it starts!" Look out for the other videos: Introduction, Control Cabin, Overnight Maintenance and Retirement to Lee on the Solent in the Playlist. Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed it. Thank you.
I rode one in 1986 from UK to France and it was loud, bumpy and with almost no visibility, but nonetheless an exciting experience!
I was on one of those beasts during a winter gale. The wind and waves were so violent it had to turn around and go back to Calais. A very frightening experience. I loved the noise the engines and propellers made - a bit like the Word War II vintage RAF on steroids.
I took one of these big hovercraft to Calais when I was a kid and what I remember was that it was quite bumpy and you could hardly see out of the windows because of the salt spray.
I took one from Dover to Calais in 95,I remember it being bumpy but what an experience 😊
Calais to Dover...and back...gave me nausea every time...my parents enjoyed the trips though.
Very nicely documented, with a lot of love to detail. Used to travel on the S.R. N 4 in the 1970ies as a teenager when visiting my aunt in the UK and was fascinated by this piece of British engineering.
Looks like inside an airplane
I was on board one of those back in '99 or '00, when I was a young lad going on a family vacation with my parents back then. To this day I have missed few experiences as much as the channel crossing on those. Thank you for those videos, they brought some nice memories back of these giant beasts.
The hostess sounds Australian.
GREAT IDEA FOR A VIDEO, HOWEVER MOST OF THE SO CALLED PASSENGER EXPERIENCE WAS LOOKING THU A MURKY WINDOW. NOTHING ABOUT EMBARKING DIS EMBARKING, NOTHING ABOUT LIFE THRU THE TRIP, WITHIN THE CABIN. NO INTERACTION WITH CABIN CREW.
Love this - brings back lots of memories - I don't suppose you have any pictures or video of inside Dover and Calais hoverport terminal buildings?
Travelled on Princess Anne/Margeret from 83-94, plus once on St Christopher. Loved it, and really miss it...... Happy days!!!!!!!!
Great work documenting this , I live near Lee on Solent were she's resting.
Wonderful!! This surely brengservice back memories...
Seeing the stewardess' uniform at the beginning reminded me of what was said of them, "red hat no knickers".
I use to 💘 love the hovercraft at Dover a shame no longer in use x
Is it true that they had an excellent safety record? I never heard of any serious incident involving the ones I flew on.
95 t0 98 i often visited britain. sometimes when i was lucky i could go by Hovercraft but only when my customers paid the fare. oh my god it was expensive!!going with a car.
Lord, what are walk down mMemory Lane, I worked on these flying birds as a student, Rangate international hoverport.
on this Hovercraft journey the announcer said hope you enjoy your flight with us today, why did she refer the hovercraft journey as a flight?