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World's First Hovercraft Race / Melbourne Entrant's Success Story

By Eric Shackle. Ten mostly backyard-built mechanical hares and tortoises competed in the world's first hovercraft race in Australia's capital, Canberra, on March 14, 1964. One of ... First prize of 50 pounds ($100) was won by a beetle- like plenum chamber type vehicle entered by a syndicate of five from New South Wales.