Sir Christopher Cockerell
(1910-1999)

Knight Bachelor (from 1969)

Died aged c. 89

Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell CBE RDI FRS (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Hovercraft On this site Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910 - 1999) and his team continued the early development of hovercraft, which he had first demonstrated in 1955. They also developed and tested hovercraft skirts in a wave tank built here in 1965. Let this creative work be an inspiration to young engineers of the future.

Promenade, Hythe, United Kingdom where they continued the early development of hovercraft

Sir Christopher Cockerell (inventor of the hovercraft) 1910-1999. The Grove the home of hovercraft development 1960-1983

The Grove, Hythe, United Kingdom where they worked