A Long and Illustrious History
Who invented the hovercraft?
ASir Frank Whittle, RAF engineer
BAlan Turing, mathematician
CSir Christopher Cockerell ✓
DJohn MacLeod, insulin discoverer
Explanation
Sir Christopher Cockerell, a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s. It was a vehicle that could travel over both land and water on a cushion of air.
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