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Cockerell

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Cockerell [ˈkɒkərəl]
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(Biographies / Cockerell, Sir Christopher Sydney (1910-1999) M, British, TECHNOLOGY: engineer, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) Sir Christopher Sydney. 1910-99, British engineer, who invented the hovercraft


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HALF a century has passed since Christopher Cockerell gave the world a new mode of transport - the hovercraft.
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