www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher SportsZone is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 082014 012015 Cover Photo Marcel Jancovic Shutterstock Images Interior Photos Marcel Jancovic Shutterstock Images 1 14 15 Stocktrek Images Corbis 4 5 Eric Risberg AP Images 6 7 Ian Woolcock Shutterstock Images 8 9 AP Images 10 11 Dean Conger Corbis 12 13 Shutterstock Images 16 17 18 19 20 21 28 29 31 Charlie Neuman ZUMA Press Corbis 22 23 Elaine Thompson AP Images 24 25 Jens Meyer AP Images 26 Scanpix Sweden Pontus Lundahl AP Images 26 27 Editor Chrös McDougall Series Designer Nikki Farinella Library of Congress Control Number 2014944187 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scheff Matt Hovercraft Matt Scheff p cm Speed machines ISBN 978-1-62403-610-1 lib bdg Includes bibliographical references and index 1 Ground-effect machines Juvenile literature 2 Hydrofoil boats Juvenile literature I Title 629 3 dc23 2014944187
CONTENTS OVER WATER OVER LAND 4 THE HISTORY OF HOVERCRAFT 8 PARTS OF A HOVERCRAFT 14 HOVERCRAFT IN ACTION 22 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32
OVER WATER OVER LAND Sea water sprays up behind the spinning propeller blades of a US Navy hovercraft It rushes toward a sandy beach where US troops wait for supplies Jets of air shoot out of the bottom of the craft keeping it above the water’s surface 4
