Hovercraft: The right vehicle for the job – or not?

Hovercraft pilot training – that comes after you buy a hovercraft, right? Not always. In fact, particularly with commercial hovercraft, it’s often just the opposite. Businesses across the world come to Hovercraft Training Centers to determine if a hovercraft could expand their services and boost their bottom line … and also to protect their bottom line by letting them ‘fly before they buy.’ That’s what brought Ed Savage to HTC. Savage is a Manager...

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An Uncommonly Practical but Fun Holiday Gift: Hovercraft Flight

No matter what your occupation, it’s that time of year when you start thinking about the holidays, and about what gifts you’d like to give – or receive! Recently Clay Russell of Richmond, Kentucky, gave himself an uncommonly practical gift that you might want to give someone on your Christmas shopping list – or add to your own “wish list”. Clay owns a security systems company in Richmond, and has been a volunteer first responder for most of...

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Self-taught Rescue Hovercraft Pilot Takes Flight Training Course

Did you know that temperatures were below freezing this week in 50 U.S. states? At Hovercraft Training Centers, we train in all weather conditions but - especially if you live on the East Coast and are buried in snow - this seems like a good time for you to enjoy some photos of flight training in warm sunshine! HTC is not only an all-weather hovercraft flight school, we’re also an all-levels-of-experience training center - we train pilots who...

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Buy a hovercraft without training first? “Bad idea!” says airline pilot.

Bill Holzgrove knows a thing or two about flying – he was an airline pilot for 30 years. And he grew up with airplanes. “My dad was a crop duster, so I knew about airplanes,” he explained, “But I wanted nothing to do with them until I was about 25-26 years old. Then I discovered flying on my own, and I got into it, hook, line and sinker!” When Bill came to Hovercraft Training Centers in August, the closest he’d come to flying a hovercraft was...

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HTC Grad Using Hovercraft for Unexploded Ordnance Detection

Hovercraft Training Centers graduate Richard Funk, Senior Geophysicist with Tetra Tech, Inc., will use a customized Neoteric commercial hovercraft for detection of MEC/UXO (Munitions & Explosives of Concern/Unexploded Ordnance) over shallow coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. And it all began with a training course as a feasibility study at HTC! Read the full story below, recently published in the Environmental & Engineering Geophysical...

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Albuquerque Police Officer Learns to Train Hovercraft Pilots

Even though police officer Andy Montoya has been flying the Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department’s Neoteric hovercraft for 12 years, he recently enrolled in a week-long Master Training course at Hovercraft Training Centers. “I’m somewhat self-taught and fairly confident in the techniques that I use, but I want to learn how to do much more, go through more rescue scenarios and learn more about maintenance,” Montoya explained. “And since...

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Neoteric Hovercraft Considered "A Hidden Treasure"

In use for decades by hovercraft pilots throughout the world, the powerful and highly maneuverable Neoteric Hovertrek™ is the training tool of choice for Hovercraft Training Centers. There is no better craft for providing the operation and maintenance training necessary to become a Certified Hovercraft Pilot. Watch this NBC-2 TV news feature for an inside look to learn more about why the Neoteric Hovertrek™ flies above the rest and is considered "a hidden treasure" ... ...

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