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hovercraft
- Definição1
- Vehicle that can travel over land and water supported on a cushion of air that is produced by a powerful engine that blows air downwards. . Also called air cushion vehicle, ground effect machine.
- Fonte1
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 7 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Aircraft nationality and registration marks. 6th ed. Montreal: ICAO, 2012.
- Contexto
- Redefining of the term “aircraft” so that all air cushion type vehicles, such as hovercraft and ground effect machines, should not be classified as aircraft.
- Ver
- air cushion vehicle
- Spanish
- vehículo de colchon de aire