IVORY COAST: HOVERCRAFT ARRIVES IN ABIDJAN FOR TESTS IN ATLANTIC SURF

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  • Title: IVORY COAST: HOVERCRAFT ARRIVES IN ABIDJAN FOR TESTS IN ATLANTIC SURF
  • Date: 23rd February 1970
  • Summary: 1. LV HOVERCRAFT PAST IN B/G - YOUNG AFRICANS WATCH IN F/G 0.06 2. SV BOY RUNS ALONG BEACH 0.10 3. SV OTHER CHILDREN LOOK FROM BEACH 0.13 4. LV HOVERCRAFT ALONG 0.16 5. SV VILLAGERS BY DUG-OUT CANOE 0.19 6. LV HOVERCRAFT ALONG 0.22 7. CU CHILDREN LOOK 0.25 8. LV HOVERCRAFT NEARING IVORIE HOTEL 0.29 9. SV CHILDREN RUN DOWN HILL - IVORIE HOTEL IN B/G 0.32 10. SV CHILDREN AROUND HOVERCRAFT 0.35 11. SV & CU CHILDREN 0.41 12. SV & CU CREW MEMBER 0.46 13. GV PAN SKIPPER WALKS THROUGH CROWD 0.56 14. SV PAN HOVERCRAFT 1.04 15. STV CHILDREN PAN TO HOVERCRAFT 1.08 16. LV HOVERCRAFT 1.13 Initials AH/V/JF/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th March 1970 13:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA60NNXES3FME0O707D6S8VN1D6
  • Story Text: A BRITISH HOVERCRAFT, WHICH EARLIER THIS YEAR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE 5,000 MILE (8,000 KM) TRANS AFRICAN EXPEDITION, ARRIVED IN THE IVORY COAST LAST WEEK-END TO UNDERGO A NEW TRIALS. IT WILL BE TESTED IN THE HEAVY ATLANTIC SURF ALONG THE COASTLINE NEAR ABIDJAN.

    IF THE CRAFT COPES SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE ATLANTIC ROLLERS, IT COULD LAD TO AN IMPORTANT ADVANCE IN SEA RESCUE TECHNIQUES. BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THE BRITISH HOVERCRAFT CORPORATION, WHICH IS CONDUCTING THE TRIALS IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRITAIN'S MINISTRY OF TECHNOLOGY, IS NON-COMMITTAL ABOUT THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME.

    EARLIER THIS NORTH, THE WELL-TRIED SRN 6 HOVERCRAFT WAS TESTED AND DEMONSTRATED IN GHANA. IN JANUARY, IT COMPLETED THE HISTORIC EXPEDITION ACROSS EIGHT CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES SETTING UP A WORLD DISTANCE RECORD FOR HOVERCRAFT IN THE PROCESS.

    THE 10-TON CRAFT CARRIED A COMPLEMENT OF 20 CREW MEMBERS, SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTS DURING THE EXPEDITION, AND IT FREQUENTLY CROSSED UNEXPLORED REGIONS, DEMONSTRATING THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF THE HOVERCRAFT FOR HELPING TO DEVELOP AFRICA'S RESOURCES.
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