Great footage and memories - amazing machines! I stood on the roof of the Hoverport (viewing platform) as a teenager and saw the very same view a number of times and heard the raw of those four engines. fantastic!

We used that hovercraft every year to drive to Portugal. Really fond memories. On one occasion, the sea was actually quite choppy and passengers were sick all around me. And we used to go over the Goodwin Sands - a huge sand bank off the coast - and you could see the masts of an old shipwreck. The best sensation was at the start when the whole craft rose and then skidded down the beach towards the sea.

Never went on the Ramsgate Hovercraft but did ride on the Dover one. Consider myself very lucky.

Worked Thomas Cook exchange bureau there..summer 1971/2..good times.Maybe that inspired me to aviator career!

Das war ein tolles Erlebnis wie wir damals unsere Verwandtschaft in Großbritannien besuchten

Shame, there was no sound.

Pegwell Bay doesn't look like that anymore..

@williamstrachan

8 ай бұрын

I went down a few years ago, it's very sad. All cracked concrete and tarmac with plants sprouting through, hints of pavement/road markings and the big ramps... It's a shame if nothing else that the facilities weren't reused in some way to keep bringing value to the area

Sea cavalry