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Freedom 90

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Freedom 90 - Hovertravel started their cross Solent services, Ryde to Southsea and Ryde to Stokes Bay (near Gosport) in July 1965 using SR-N6 craft. Although in the first year the service operated year round, in 1966 they ceased at the end of the summer to resume the following April.

Freedom 90 The A movie of Freedom 90 Arriving to and departing from Southsea followed by a shot of the landing on the pad at Ryde Isle of Wight as seen from Southsea

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