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youtube.com - 5/6/2009

Hover Scooter (video)

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1960s prototype of the Hover Scooter. Tweed jacket and tie are optional.

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neatorama.com - 5/6/2009

Hover Scooter

— neatorama.com — [YouTube - Link] This would be the vehicle of my dreams: the Hover Scooter, a mix-up between... a motorbike, a scooter and a hovercraft. Seen here on a test run in 1960. Tweed jacket and tie are optional. - via diskursdisko From the Upcoming ueue, ... (more) Hover Scooter

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pumgo.com - 4/29/2009

Pumgo Scooter - The World's First Pedal-Powered Scooter

— pumgo.com — April 24, 2009: New Pedal-Powered Scooter Makes Waves Across America February 4, 2009: Pumgo Scooter Rocks NY... Toy Fair (more) The Pumgo is the world's ... (more) Pumgo Scooter - The World's First Pedal-Powered Scooter

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Video: Hoover Scooter, a 60’s hybrid motorbike/hovercraft
CrunchGear — Is it the greatest form of transportation of all time? Tentatively, I’m going to say yes. Does it have the best instrument panel of all time? Undoubtedly. The Hoover Scooter was an awkward cross between a scooter and a hovercraft. Not the most graceful of vehicles, and I don’t picture a flotilla of these creeping up on anyone in wartime, but at least you get to live out your wildest fin-based fantasies. Look at those suckers! Whoever designed this should be given a medal and then shot into the sun. [via Neatorama and Laughing Squid]

Video: 1960s Hover Bike Driven by Bank Clerk
Wired: Gadget Lab — Take a look at this and tell me you don’t want a Hover Scooter. This amazing vehicle, obviously a cast-off from Flash Gordon, is billed as a cross between and motorcycle and a hovercraft. The test vehicle from the 1960s is being taken for a spin in leafy Surrey, England, and the pilot looks like he could be on his way to a job at the local bank. Beautiful. Why don’t vehicles look so good today? Hover Scooter [YouTube via Neatorama] ...

The Hover Scooter
Retro Thing — Here's cinematic proof from 1960 that a suit and tie can be worn on virtually any occasion. I suspect the stylish vertical stabilizers on this vehicle would have been dangerously ineffective at low speeds, rendering the vehicle almost impossible to control. In fact, it almost seems as if our dapper young test pilot collided with a hedge at the 34 second mark. The Hover Scooter [via Stuttgarter Zeitung Online] ...