L'Aérotrain I80 HV - owns the ‘hovertrain’ speed record of 267 mph set in 1974.Engineer Jean Bertin’
L'Aérotrain I80 HV - owns the ‘hovertrain’ speed record of 267 mph set in 1974.Engineer Jean Bertin’s revolutionary jet‐powered passenger train designed to glide along a rail on a cushion of air provided by its own engine. The Aérotrain service was to have linked Paris with the town of Pointoise, 25 miles away. The project was set aside in 1975 after Bertin’s death, the French Government abandoned the project in 1977 due to lack of funding. -- source link
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