Hovercraft

• This Alberta teacher spent 1,800 hours over 1 year building a homemade hovercraft from scratch

  Robert Tymofichuk has been a teacher for 35 years. He recently spent about 1,800 hours over the course of a year building a homemade hovercraft. 

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2024
  
• Hoverlink’s service between Niagara Region, Toronto delayed amid ‘complexities’ of project

  A private Ontario transport operator planning to offer 30-minute hovercraft service between Niagara and Toronto says it's now re-evaluating its launch timelines.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2023
  
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• 30 minute hovercraft service between Niagara Region, Toronto expected in Summer of 2023

  Private water transport company Hoverlink Ontario Inc. says it's expecting to have it's half-hour service between Toronto and Niagara Region operating by the summer of 2023.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2022
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• Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft carries out marine rescue near Richmond

  Aerial footage showed the hovercraft approaching the vessel, whose stern appeared to be low in the water.

  Nov 19, 2019
• Hovercraft service proposed for Lake Ontario from Niagara to Toronto

  The service would operate between St. Catharines, Ont., nearby Niagara-on-the-Lake and Toronto as a way to help travellers beat traffic.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2017
• WATCH: Jet-powered hoverboard soars above water

  A video showing a jet-powered - not water-propelled - hovercraft flying above water has gone viral.

  World

  Apr 18, 2016
• Strathmore family travels Alberta rivers on a hovercraft

  It’ll be a road trip to remember for the Steadman family of Strathmore – but the most memorable parts of the journey will come not along roads, but on rivers.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2015
• Questions raised after 3 Sea Island hovercraft left out of service

  Three hovercraft stationed in Richmond are currently either in maintenance or out of service, raising questions about possible impact on search and rescue operations in Vancouver Harbour.

  Sep 16, 2014
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• ‘Star Wars’-like hovercraft will be available in 2017

  Are the days of hovercraft as a means of getting to work close at hand?

  Science

  May 16, 2014