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Enter the hovertrain

After years of calculations and plans, a British company is beginning to translate its ideas for a 250 mph hovertrain into concrete and metal. And while the credit for pioneering tracked hovercraft as a viable way of moving people rapidly across the face of the Earth must surely go to Monsieur Bertin of the Société de L’Aérotrain, the real prize for turning this elegant idea into a civilised form of transport may yet be grasped by the company Tracked Hovercraft. Its plans are now being translated into reality with a powerful combination of swift, silent propulsion, fail-safe…

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