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I only went across the channel in one of these once, but loved it. Much more comfortable than the catamaran for example, which I found much more juddery. In an
by simonh 4y ago
I only went across the channel in one of these once, but loved it. Much more comfortable than the catamaran for example, which I found much more juddery.
In any case the massive mechanical cool of these things was awesome to see. It was like stepping into the world of Thunderbirds. No video can give the same experience.
- the_biot 4y agoThere was a catamaran? And I thought I'd done them all (ferry, hovercraft, jetfoil, tunnel, airplane)!
- leephillips 4y agoYou didn’t swim it? Lame.
- eesmith 4y agoI don't think "lame" is an appropriate slur. Especially as John Maclean, a paraplegic, swam the Channel back in 1998. What other regularly schedule commercial services have there been? The last airship service probably stopped in the 1930s. Helicopter passenger (scheduled, not charter) was a thing in the 1960s and 1970s, but the closest I've found to the Channel was a Penzance/Scillies route from the 1970s at https://www.ashpole.org.uk/british-airways-helicopters-penzanceisles-of-scilly/ https://www.ashpole.org.uk/british-airways-helicopters-penza... . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_airlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_airlines doesn't list any current services.
- leephillips 4y agoOooo, joke gone bad.
- simonh 4y agoThat, or a straight faced knowing continuation of the gag, to hilarious effect.
- rjsw 4y agoThere was an Incat [1] one that operated across the Channel for a while. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incat
- tetris11 4y agoWe went across on a catamaran, but I remember seeing and hearing the hovercraft power up. It was indeed a sight to behold