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Cushioncraft and BHC
As well as Saunders-Roe and Vickers ( which combined in 1966 to form the British Hovercraft Corporation ( BHC )), other commercial craft were developed during the 1960s in the UK by Cushioncraft ( part of the Britten-Norman Group ) and Hovermarine based at Woolston ( the latter being ' Sidewall Hovercraft ', where the sides of the hull projected down into the water to trap the cushion of air with ' normal ' hovercraft skirts at the bow and stern ).
Cushioncraft was reconstituted as a separate company in 1967 to permit British Hovercraft Corporation ( BHC ) to take a minority share holding, and it revived the name under which Britten-Norman's initial ACV endeavours were launched.
After Cushioncraft was taken over by BHC, the " unique " fan lift / propulsion arrangement design of the later quiet Cushioncraft vehicles was discontinued.

Cushioncraft and Britten-Norman
During the 1960s, Britten-Norman were involved in the development of hovercraft via their subsidiary Cushioncraft Ltd ; their first craft, the CC1, was the world's second hovercraft.
Cushioncraft Ltd was a British engineering company, formed in 1960 as a division of Britten-Norman Ltd ( manufacturer of aircraft ) to develop / build hovercraft.
In 1960 Britten-Norman Ltd began trials of their new " Cushioncraft "— their name for an air-cushion vehicle built for Elders and
Together with its associated company, Crop Culture ( Aerial ) Ltd, Britten-Norman studied the potential for the Cushioncraft in many different countries.
The board of Cushioncraft comprised Messrs F. R. J. Britten, Desmond Norman, J. M. McMahon and F. H. Mann ( all directors of Britten-Norman ), Peter Winter ( technical director ), and A. R. B. Hobbs, BHC's nominee.
In 1971, Britten-Norman encountered financial problems, and one result was that the Cushioncraft company was sold in 1972 to the British Hovercraft Corporation.
In 1971 the British Hovercraft Corporation acquired the Cushioncraft company from Britten-Norman.

Cushioncraft and for
Subsequent to development use by Cushioncraft, the CC4 was sold to the NPL for future research, HDL renamed it HU-4.

Cushioncraft and .
Originally based at Bembridge Airport on the Isle of Wight, Cushioncraft later moved to the Duver Works at St. Helens, these works gave ready access to the sheltered water of Bembridge Harbour.
Between 1960 and 1972 Cushioncraft designed 6 models of which 5 were produced.
The CC4 was developed by Cushioncraft jointly with Hovercraft Development.
The Cushioncraft CC-6 18-ton mixed-traffic ferry craft was to be built jointly by the Vosper-Thorneycroft shipbuilding group at Portsmouth.
This was the effect of an agreement between Vosper and Cushioncraft, under which Vosper were to be major sub-contractors in the construction of the craft.

has and authorised
In the latter units fire as tactically necessary and replenish to maintain or reach their authorised holding ( which can vary ), so the logistic system has to be able to cope with surge and slack.
The Bank is one of eight banks authorised to issue banknotes in the United Kingdom, but has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales and regulates the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Although internment without trial has been authorised by statute since that time, for example during the two World Wars and the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the habeas corpus procedure has in modern times always technically remained available to such internees.
However, in practice any such vehicle has to travel by a route authorised by the Department of Transport and move under escort.
Northampton ( Sywell ) Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence ( Number P496 ) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee ( Sywell Aerodrome Limited ).
The arms were not granted or authorised by the College of Arms, but the length of time for which they have been used has given them a prescriptive authority.
* an authorised person for example has obtained a licence for killing or injuring an animal in schedule 5 and can provide sufficient evidence stating it was necessary to prevent damage and protect livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber and fisheries.
As John Carey has summed up with regard to John Coldstream's authorised biography however, " it is virtually impossible that he ( Bogarde ) saw Belsen or any other camp.
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In 1542 Henry VIII authorised it as the sole Latin grammar textbook to be used in education and schools ; it has been suggested that Henry commissioned the book but the interval between initial publication and authorisation argue against this.
The Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker was heavily involved in this process but the story of his conception, development and installation of a synchronisation device in a period of 48 hours ( first found in an authorised biography of Fokker written in 1929 ) has been shown to be not factual.
The priesthood require strict endorsement of the mandala by the High Priest: “ One should never worship anything as a Gohonzon that has not been authorised by the High Priest ”.
This is an organisation that is authorised by Nominet to register and update domains on behalf of customers, and that has provided a PGP public key to enable Nominet to authenticate communications from them.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health conducts Health Hazard Evaluations ( HHEs ) in workplaces at the request of employees, authorised representative of employees, or employers, to determine whether any substance normally found in the place of employment has potentially toxic effects, including indoor air quality.
The Prefects ' Council is an independent organisation which is authorised by the Principal to help maintain school discipline and has an obligation to help fellow schoolmates with all his might.
The curriculum has developed, with the Institute becoming a SUN and Microsoft authorised training centre in 1998, a SAP University Alliance Partner in 1999, and a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centre in 2001.
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As of 2006 the Territorial Army has an authorised strength of 42, 000 though recruiting difficulties put the actual strength of the TA below that figure ( manning is currently at approx 82 % which equates to 34, 000 ).
Campbeltown Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence ( Number P808 ) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee ( Highlands & Islands Airports Limited )
Since May 2002, the government has only authorised four religions to exist in Eritrea: Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Sunni Islam.
( 4 ) The mass has no autonomy from institutions ; on the contrary, agents of authorised institutions penetrate this mass, reducing any autonomy it may have in the formation of opinion by discussion ".
This slightly misleading view was held by many Catholic commentators, including Thomas More-and has continued to create confusion on the meaning of an authorised version of the Bible Authorized King James Version and the purpose of authorising an orthodox context for its translation Imprimatur.

has and capital
From an initial investment of $1,200 in 1943, it has grown, with no additional capital investment, to a present value estimated by some as exceeding $10,000,000 ( we don't disclose financial figures to the public ).
The champagne at Troyes, the traditional capital of the champagne country, has more ambrosial taste somehow than it has at a sidewalk cafe on the Rue de la Paix or at Tour D'Argent.
When we look at countries like Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Burma, where substantial progress has been made in creating a minimum supply of modern men and of social overhead capital, and where institutions of centralized government exist, we find a second category of countries with a different set of problems and hence different priorities for policy.
Ambassador-at-Large Averell Harriman has returned to the capital with a collection of paintings that include Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Matisse, Picasso, and Walt Kuhn.
Premier Khrushchev has made propaganda capital out of that fact and in the end got his summit meeting anyway.
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Aon has 29 offices throughout Australia, including every state and territory capital city.
Ajmer has a population of around 551, 360 in its urban agglomeration and 542, 580 for the city ( 2011 census ), and is located west of Jaipur, the state capital, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from Delhi.
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The Bahamas has no income tax, corporate tax, capital gains tax, value-added tax ( VAT ), or wealth tax.
Growth in ferrous metallurgy, which is dominated by the Kremikovtsi Metals Combine, has been delayed by a complex privatization process and by obsolete capital equipment.
The capital Sofia also has a tram and an underground network.
The Turks called the city Istanbul ( though not officially renamed until 1930 ) and it has remained Turkey's largest and most populous city, although Ankara is now the capital.
While previously held elsewhere within or near the capital city, since 1918 it has been held on the Champs-Élysées, with the evident agreement of the Allies as represented in the Versailles Peace Conference, and with the exception of the period of German occupation from 1940 to 1944.
The town was known as Rigomagensium under the Roman Empire and was the capital of a civitas ( a provincial subdivision ), though no Roman money has yet been found in the canton of Barcelonnette.
The Hebrew language has no capital letters.
The French government believes that the opposition has regrouped east of the capital.
Ongoing violence between the government and rebel military groups over pay issues, living conditions, and political representation has destroyed many businesses in the capital and reduced tax revenues for the government.
Thanks to a large amount of copper resources, progressive legislation and a healthy investment environment, Chile has become the copper mining capital of the world, producing over 1 / 3 of the global copper output.
Chile's private pension system, with assets worth roughly $ 70 billion at the end of 2006, has been an important source of investment capital for the capital market.
The sense of connectedness and formation of social networks comprise what has become known as social capital.
However, as Putnam notes in Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community ( 2000 ), social capital has been falling in the United States.

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