About this episode

Ashley Hollebone discusses his passion for hovercrafts and his work in Hollywood.

Ryde resident and historian Ashley Hollebone has spent a lifetime building unfeasible machines; making them for huge Hollywood movies from James Bond to Harry Potter. In an exclusive interview for Vectis Radio Ashley explains his love of the hovercraft and how it was developed.

People in this episode

Host: Vectis Radio

Guest: Ashley Hollebone

Topics covered

• hovercraft
• history
• Hollywood movies
• invention
• interview

Keywords

• hovercraft
• Ashley Hollebone
• Hollywood
• James Bond
• Harry Potter
• history
• invention

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Organizations: Vectis Radio

Books & works: James Bond, Harry Potter

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