CHRIS Pritchard hovers low — very low — over Broome, during his ride on Australia’s only hovercraft holiday. Mind you, it’s appropriate as hovercraft do fly – even if slowly, and only a few ...

It may feel as if we are flying but we are on a hovercraft above the rich mudflats of Broome’s Roebuck Bay, an area eight times the size of Sydney Harbour and so abundant in critters that it was ...

Things are on the up and up for Australia's small band of recreational hovercraft enthusiasts as they prepare for their biannual rally at Lake Bonney in South Australia next month. A more common sight ...

SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Australia — Hovercraft packed with troops and armored vehicles zoomed onto a beach during the culminating event of Talisman Sabre, a massive exercise involving 30,000 ...

WE’VE ALREADY GOT HIM SOME SOCKS, THOUGH. Well, that’s too bad. The Mariah 425, which carries up to five people, will happily cruise at 60km/h, hits a top speed of 100km/h-plus – and easily ...

From James Bond fantasy to lifesaving reality, one man’s unique hovercraft has become South Australia’s secret weapon for near-impossible rescues. For Kevin Dixon, they are firmly grounded in reality ...

New Zealander (he’s half Australian) Rudy Heeman has, over 11 years, transformed his hovercraft into a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle. Heeman says he’s found the ideal flight altitude under the vehicle ...