The Wallasey Hovercraft

Описание: In 1960 British United Airways was formed to operate a passenger service between Rhyl and Wallasey. A VA-3 Vickers Armstrong craft of 54 feet in length and was built in Southampton to the Mersey.

It was intended that the service would involve 12 crossings daily (six each way at mainly 90 minute intervals) and operate on six days of every week, with Tuesday being the exception.
on the morning of July 20th, a large crowd had gathered to see the hovercraft make her first passage of the 17 miles across the waters to Wallasey. On board were 24 passengers, together with two mailbags, containing a total of 8,000 items, many of which had been marked with a commemorative stamp for the occasion. The journey (expected to take 25 minutes) took a little longer than anticipated and 32 minutes elapsed before the hovercraft docked at Leasowe Common, Wallasey, having completed its run at an average speed of 28 knots (32 mph).


The Wirral channel had a variety of Wirral Videos including, 'Hidden Wirral', ' Wirral Railways' and Sport. All filmed on the Wirral Peninsula.

The Peninsula includes towns such as
Birkenhead, Wallasey, Liscard, Moreton, Hoylake, West Kirby, Heswall, Neston, Eastham, Ellesmere Port, Brombrough, Bebington, Oxton, Tranmere

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