OITA—After a 15-year hiatus, hovercraft are making a comeback as Oita Prefecture prepares to reopen what will be Japan’s only passenger route for the watercraft as early as December. The hovercraft ...

When Michael Mercier, founder and CEO of battery-electric hovercraft maker VonMercier, was a teenager, he had a monthly subscription to Boys’ Life. “It was the kind of magazine where you could get ...

We will make an rc hovercraft from an rc airplane for about 25$. Very easy to make. In this video, we will make a hovercraft ...

Discover the incredible capabilities of a DIY hovercraft built entirely in a garage using a Subaru engine, a cylinder grill, ...

A futuristic vehicle dubbed 'the Bugatti of hovercrafts' is nearing its testing phase. The Mercier-Jones hovercraft is designed to cruise along on both land and water on a cushion of air at speeds up ...

Well, this headline is what you might call poetic license in that it needs extra clarification: anyone can build a hovercraft at home, as long as that "anyone" is skilled, hard-working, determined, ...

(CBS/CNET) - You're probably familiar with the concept of the hovercraft, an inflatable craft that glides over land and water on a cushion of air. Now add wings, a sweet yellow and black paint scheme, ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Some people work in ...

There's something otherworldly about hovercraft. The way they glide over water and land, usually with billows of spray or sand, is pure mechanized spectacle. There was a time when it seemed hovercraft ...