{"id":6138,"date":"2015-01-01T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T11:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:58:27","slug":"engineering-the-hovertrain-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/engineering-the-hovertrain-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering the Hovertrain 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proving extremely popular are the videos and films made with <a title=\"Blog entry\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/2009\/12\/09\/eric-laithwaite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Eric Laithwaite<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2014\/12\/Laithwaite-Eng-Hovertrain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2014\/12\/Laithwaite-Eng-Hovertrain-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Laithwaite Eng Hovertrain\" \/><\/a>In this blog I&#8217;m pleased to be able to bring you one of several films that were in the personal collection of Eric Laithwaite and that I was lucky enough to be able to secure in the Imperial Archive after he&#8217;d died.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering the Hovertrain was made in 1972 by the then, Central Office of Information. It&#8217;s about the only real example of the creation and operation of the experimental hovertrain vehicle the RTV31, seen running on the test track that was built in the UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A5E8GHbeXw8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw January 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proving extremely popular are the videos and films made with Professor Eric Laithwaite. 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