Aérotrain
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aerotrain, Tracked hovercraft, Tracked air-cushion vehicles, TACV
thumb|right|A remaining section of the Aérotrain track near Saran, Loiret, 2006
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- hovertrain
- Country
- France
- Image
- Aerotrain.jpg
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- Commons category
- Aérotrain
- Commons gallery
- Aérotrain
- discoverer or inventor
- Jean Bertin
- inception
- 1964-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Test tracks
- Prototypes
- The Rohr Aerotrain
- Timeline
- Other experimental hovercraft trains
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|A remaining section of the Aérotrain track near Saran, Loiret, 2006
The Aérotrain () was an experimental Tracked Air Cushion Vehicle (TACV), or hovertrain, developed in France from 1965 to 1977 under the engineering leadership of Jean Bertin (1917–1975) – and intended to bring the French rail network to the cutting edge of land-based public transport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aérotrain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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