Labels:text | man | book OCR: A CHRISTOPHER himself a boatyard in Norfolk and COCKERELL began experimenting with ways of D born 1910 making a boat travel faster. He E realized that a boat's speed could be improved if the friction between its G hull and the water was reduced by H introducing a layer of air. In 1955, he built his first K hovercraft. It was 2 feet (75 cm) L long, made of balsa wood, and M powered by the engine of a model aircraft. The first full-size prototype made its first appearance in 1959 PO GOLFPBX-NELOU and caused a sensation. T Later that year, the first English R HE BRITISH ENGINEER S Christopher Cockerell was Channel crossing by hovercraft was T. educated at Cambridge University. made from Dover to Calais. During World War II, he worked W on radar with the Marconi Wireless and Telegraph Company. Y After the war, Cockerell bought Hovercraft Z M
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