The cockpit of a modern cross Solent hovercraft on the slipway at Ryde on Isle of Wight having just arrived from southsea in Portsmouth. hovertravel.

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A different or unusual way of crossing the Solent by ferry in the form of a hovercraft operated by the hovertravel company.

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Size: 4693px × 3137px
Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK
Photo credit: © Steve Hawkins Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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