More 20th-century inventions: the hovercraft and Concorde

Study note

Sir Christopher Cockerell, a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s. Britain and France together developed Concorde, the world's only supersonic passenger aircraft, which first flew in 1969. The cash-dispensing ATM and the Harrier jump jet, which can take off vertically, were also developed in the UK.

Memory tip: Cockerell-hovercraft; Britain and France-Concorde; Harrier jump jet; the ATM.