Britten-Norman Cushioncraft

[Jemiba]

Britten-Norman had its excursion into the field of hovercraft during the '60s, too, The so-called
"Cushioncraft" made its first flight during June 1960. Instead of fans like in most contemporary
hovercraft, it used a peripheral rotor, which was seen as a way to obviate air drag losses in a
duct system.
(From "Helicopter and VTO World" magazine July/August 1960)

 

[Avimimus]

Neat.

 

[Jemiba]

Maybe an interesting feature, usually not found on other hovercraft, was the integrated "beaching gear",
consisting of four wheels on the underside (slightly visible on the photo)

 

[Arjen]

Types built: CC1 - CC2 - CC4 - CC5 - CC6 - CC7
More on Britten-Norman's Cushioncraft on this nice site: http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/hovercraft/cushioncraft.htm
Samples:

 

[Jemiba]

Thanks for this link. That "Cushioncraft Ltd." was a company on its own may explain, why
I didn't find more about hovercraft built by Britten-Norman.

 

[Arjen]

Cushioncraft entry from Jane's all the world's aircraft 1962-63.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1960.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1963.

 

[fortrena]

This chatty text may be of some interest...

It seemed like a good idea at the time: The bananas of the British Cameroons and the Cushioncraft CC1 hovercraft | The Channel

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