Reminds me of a real version of what this ad in every Boy's Life magazine promised for at least 30 years. I always wondered if the mail-order hovercraft plans encouraged or dashed the dreams of kids across the US for over 2 generations... https://books.google.com/books?id=WRJwbbbmYCUC&pg=PA68&lpg=P...

When I was a kid my buddy and I built so ething like this with plywood, a dozen garbage bags, about a mile of duct tape and three vacuum cleaners. Mom was not amused when she saw how I I’d cut up her vacuum cleaner hose.

Please tell us that now you work for NASA/JPL or something related to engineering :)

That would make the sacrifice of that hoover totally forgivable!!

I write novels, had a magic prank show on A&E and I just starred in a special for Discovery Channel involving great whites sharks.

So it kind of worked out.

Did it work?

Yes...until we reached the end of the driveway and the electrical cords unplugged.

Hah! That's super cool. I'd love to see a picture if one was ever made, that's got to be one of the neatest projects I've ever heard of. When I was 6 or so we built a wooden airplane in an attic in the South of Amsterdam somewhere, it would have flown like a lead balloon but that didn't stop it from being the source of many adventures. But at least you got to the end of the driveway :)

Reminds me of Lindsay Technical books. Used to love reading those things when I was a kid.

https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com

Wow! I learnt that FAA at some point stood for Federal Alcohol Administration: https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/YOTB2...

What i like is how simple and easy it is to read the documentation :)