The Hovercraft Society

Visitor or member just wanting a status and would like latest update on what is happening?

Take a look at our Visitor News. Click on the menu above or the button top right.

Latest Blog  – will be out shortly

Presentation Videos
Go to the videos page in the open library and click on the image for our channel.

THS Annual Conference
Visitors are welcome at the THS 2025 Conference and dinner on 22nd November.  Do view the programme and register now! Click on Visitor Events for registration.

Do look at the profiles for our key supporting organisations at the bottom of this page.

News Blog
Visitor Events
Company Profiles

 

Light and Recreational Hovercraft
Directory 2025

This directory can now be viewed and downloaded! Click on image to right.

This is First Issue
12th June 2025

Member and want to get up to speed with the latest News Note or Event details?

First log in, and then select Newsnotes or Members Events sub-items in the main menu, or click on the buttons to the right

Latest THS News Note is September 2025 issued and uploaded – Go to Members Members News and click on News Note September 2025.

Don’t forget to log on first.

 

Annual Conference and Dinner
This is now arranged for 22nd November at the Royal Maritime Hotel in Portsmouth.

The Conference presentations are now all arranged through the afternoon, and the dinner is a buffet event this year

This year is special – being Hovertravel 60th Anniversary!

Full Programme and registration is now published on the Members Events page, click on the menu item!

News Notes
Members Events

Next Committee Meeting,
Zoom, 16th October at 19:30 UKt

Annual Conference and Dinner
The Royal Maritime Hotel, Portsmouth, on Saturday 22nd November

A Note about Registration on this site.

Please note that access to the members area on this site is enabled by the administrator once membership to the Society has been accepted. Registration on the site does not itself change access. Please refer to the pages about membership!

If you are a visitor to the site and have questions about Air Cushion Technology please send us a mail through the contact form! We will do our best to help you.

Welcome!

The Hovercraft Society was originally formed in 1971 as the ‘United Kingdom Hovercraft Society’, changing its title to the present one in 1980.
The principal objectives of the Society are:

  • Encouragement of invention, research and development of hovercraft and other related principles.
  • Lectures and Discussion on technical, operating, and trading aspects of Hovercraft and Air Cushion Technology (currently using Zoom Meetings).
  • The circulation of a Regular Newsletter, giving information about research, industry and current events.
  • The establishment of an Electronic Library on the history of the development of hovercraft and current literature on the subject on this site.
  • The Publication of Proceedings (in electronic form) for distribution to members.

Membership

To find out about membership of the society, our events and technical resources, please go to the Membership page on the Home Page Menu!

Organisations we are proud to have support from:

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