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Where is a Hovercraft
used?
In emergency rescue situations,
time is your enemy.
Minuets, even seconds, can be the difference between success and
failure.
In many cases, getting to the emergency is the biggest time waster ...
unfamiliar or variable terrain can seriously hamper your efforts if you
don't have the proper vehicle for the surrounding terrain.
Transitional terrain ( sand bank to
water, marsh,
ice to water ) can be a real problem. A snowmobile for example, can
travel
over thick ice, but take it out where the ice is thin enough to create
an emergency situation and chances are you'll soon have two emergencies
on your hands.
Its extraordinary versatility make it
the ideal
craft in places where variable terrain and changeable weather are the
norm.
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| Flood and Ice
Rescue |
Flood and River Control |
| Wetland Geological
Survey |
Wetland Hydrological Survey |
| Pipeline Support |
Recreational |
| Law
Enforcement |
Utility Support |
| Wetland Anti
Poaching Patrol |
Mosquito Abatement |
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Why should more organizations
use Hovercraft ?
In the last 50 years big areas of
wetlands have
been destroyed for cultivation -, construction -, infrastructure - and
urban development. On a daily basis we can only watch how wetlands
slowly
vanish from this planet - sometimes slow by drying the land through
drainage,
dam's or temporary structures and very often quite quick be filling and
construction within a year.
Even if this sad cenario will
continue - very
often we do not have the funds and transportation means to proof in the
first place that a certain area is a wetland. Today's accurate and
inexpensive
data logger allow to measure on big areas the amount of water if we
could
get them in place and service them in the necessary interval. Most of
the
time the transportation means for very shallow wetlands are just not
available.
Hovercraft would allow to travel with reasonable speed over long
distances
without doing any damage to the Environment. Please see our page on
"Environmental
impact of Hovercrafts".
And before we can proof a certain
area is a wetland
- it transformed to a mall, subdivision ....! If you like wetlands,
wading
birds and the beauty of these shallow often neglected areas - do
something to keep them for the next generation. Thanks!
This are just our small ideas on this
topic.
Who is using
Hovercrafts already
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| U.S. Coast Guard |
Border Patrol |
Fire Rescue |
| Dive SAR |
Wildlife Control |
National Parks Service |
| Drug Enforcement |
Coastal Authorities |
Port Authorities |
| Flying Pest Control |
Lifeguard Stations |
Military Services |
| Marine Fire Rescue |
Dive Recovery |
Nuclear Power Plants |
| Forestry Service |
Harbor Patrol |
Hunter and Fisherman |
| Antarctic Stations |
Oil Spill Recovery |
Private Enthusiasts |
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