Sponsored by the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.
Co-sponsored by the Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology of the National Research Council of Canada.
Introduction
The proceedings from this conference were published in Technical Report 2/77 of the National Research Council of Canada in January 1977. The transactions volume is broken into four presentation sessions. The chairman of each session gave a brief introduction before the papers were presented.
This conference included seventeen papers covering analysis and experimental work, design and operation of ACV’s, icebreaking ACV’s, design and operational experience with air cushion assist systems for heavy load transport over weak roads, and ferry platforms in the NW of Canada and Alaska. The design and experience with air cushion landing systems for cargo aircraft operating from grass/snow landing strips was also covered.
Research and operations with load carrying platforms aimed at NW Canada were presented including the La Crete hover ferry and Yukon River operations.
From UK papers were presented from HDL on their research status and a review of the ARB Committee research into hovercraft stability that was instigated after an SR.N6 hover ferry overturned in the Solent.
Finally, a paper was presented giving an overview of the US Navy 3000 tonne SES high speed frigate design with details of the major systems envisaged. Ship to Shore lightering operations with the Voyageur were also described.
There were 83 attendees to this conference.
Click on the bold headings to load the Front Matter and contents of each session of the conference. The page location of each paper in the pdf for that session is given in brackets against the heading.
Front Matter – Foreword, Table of contents, Conference Attendee listing
Session 1 – Current Technology Status
Chairmans Comments – G M Parkes (p1)
A Progress Report on Air Cushion Technology in Canada 1975/76 (p3)
H S Fowler, National Research Council of Canada
1976 – A significant year for UK Hovercraft (p3)
J E Rapson, Hovercraft Development Limited
A review of the Report of the ARB special committee on Hovercraft Stability and Control (p3)
J G Wraith, Civil Aviation Authority
Low temperature effects on the abrasion behaviour of coated fabrics (p3)
R C Tennyson and A A Smailys, University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies
Tests on the Air Cushion Landing System Buffalo Aircraft (p3)
Captain Tom Clapp, U S Airforce
Session 2 – Elements of Air Cushion Technology
Chairmans Comments – C R Silversides (p1)
Requirements for the La Crete Ferry – an ACV Proposal (p3)
A R Rogers, Alberta Transportation
Air and Water cushion Lift Systems (p3)
G M Parkes, Hoverlift Systems Limited
Air Cushion Assist – Practical Application in Alberta (p3)
H H Hendrickson, Alberta Transportation
On-Road Air Cushion Assist – Where is it when we need it? (p3)
D Eyre, Saskatchewan Research Council
The present status of Air Cushion Assist in Canada (p3)
D Jones, Jones, Kirwan and Associates Limited
The future of Air Cushion (AC) Assist in Canada (p3)
H S Fowler, National Research Council of Canada
Session 3 – Icebreaking
Chairmans Comments – J Doherty, ACV Division, Transport Canada (p3)
Continuing advances with air cushion icebreaking (p3)
M A Ball, Transport Canada, Air Cushion Vehicle division, Canadian Coast Guard
The High-Speed method of air cushion icebreaking (p3)
R W Robertson, Transport Canada, Canadian Coast Guard
Economic and social aspects of icebreaking on the St Lawrence Seaway (p3)
T N Hall, Dominion Marine Association
Session 4 – 3KSES development , Ship to shore lightering, and Yukon Ferry Operation
Chairmans Comments – R D Hunt, Hoverlift Systems Limited (p3)
The US Navy’s large Surface Effect Ship (p3)
Commander Jerome J Fee, and Eugene H Hadler, US Navy
Ship to Shore lightering with the Voyageur (p3)
R W Helm, Bell Aerospace Canada Textron, Division of Textron Canada Limited
The Yukon Ferry Operation (p3)
J E Ireland, Mackley Hover Peterborough Ltd.
