News Note July 2026

This issue covers the widest range of air cushion technology subjects yet – from the commercial and military side we cover ship air lubrication, new Coastguard and Navy Hovercraft, and new SES designs.

In addition, we have reviews of two new very readable books on hovercraft racing, and commissioning and training larger utility craft. We have reports from hovercraft racing, and a school enrichment day event.

Following the usual pattern, we give you links to the sources we have used. These often give much more depth to the events and stories.

Then just coming up there is the 50th Anniversary Rally Celebration in Terre Haute at the Hovercraft Club of America.

Later in August at  Whittlebury in England there will be World Hovercraft Championship racing coincident with 60 years of The Hoverclub of Great Britain events.