the term hovercraft is actually a commercial name patented in 1955 for an air-cushion vehicle. This refers to any vehicle that travels above the surface land or water. Air-cushion vehicles can use one of several methods to "float,&qu ot; but a hovercraft relies on a powerful cushion of downwardly directed air powered by fans and trapped inside a flexible skirt, greatly increasing its lift capacity. A thrust propeller allows the craft to move forward.

A Hovercraft is a vehicle thattravels over land or water on a cushion of pressurized air