hoverport

(ˈhɒvəˌpɔːt)

(Aeronautics) a port for hovercraft

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Translations

port d'aéroglisseurs

hoverport

[ˈhɒvəˌpɔːt] N → puerto m de aerodeslizadores

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hoverport

[ˈhɒvə^rpɔː^rt] n → hoverport m

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hoverport

[ˈhɒvəˌpɔːt] n → porto per hovercraft

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But in 2001, he was involved in a real-life police investigation after reports that he had fled from security guards at Dover Hoverport whilst carrying a gun.

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If you have been able to do this then you can bet a terrorist can as well." Here is the amazing catalogue of security blunders, beginning at the Hoverport in Calais...

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Moulden, who claimed he had never been involved in the supply ring, was jailed for three years in 1990 for trying to smuggle 15 kilos of cannabis resin through Dover Hoverport and three years again in 1996 for supplying a large amount of amphetamine to undercover police.

Drugs baron's assets forfeited

"When I was growing up, if I was bored, I would hitchhike to Paris, busk in the Metro, sleep in the Hoverport," she explained.

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Two judges in London ruled that checks carried out by customs at Dover Hoverport had been ``incompatible'' with European law.

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