Which forgotten British engineer designed the world's first successful passenger-carrying hovercraft, the SR.N1, tested across the English Channel in 1959?

Long before Elon Musk promised futuristic transport, a British engineer was already hovering above the waves. His invention briefly ruled the Channel crossing before ferries and the Chunnel took over.

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