New Zealand (3/2/2010) - A New Zealand inventor named Rudy Heeman has used parts from his barbecue, his daughter's scooter, and his wife's car to create a hovercraft that can fly.
A regular hovercraft is usually a big rubber boat looking thing that hovers or floats a few inches above the water. Rudy Heeman stuck wings on a hovercraft and made one that can actually fly in the air.
Rudy Heeman calls his invention the 'hoverwing'. It can fly at up to 60 miles per hour and at a height of around 5-6 feet.
Rudy Heeman has been building the 'hoverwing' in his spare time for over a ten years and says he spent over 800 hours and tens of thousands of dollars creating his flying gizmo.
Rudy Heeman calls his invention the 'hoverwing'. It can fly at up to 60 miles per hour and at a height of around 5-6 feet.
Rudy Heeman has been building the 'hoverwing' in his spare time for over a ten years and says he spent over 800 hours and tens of thousands of dollars creating his flying gizmo.
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) What is the name of the guy who invented the flying hovercraft?
4) What does he call his invention?
5) How fast can it go?
6) How many years did it take to build the 'hoverwing'?
7) What is the meaning of the word 'invention'?
8) Describe something you would like to invent.
Text from the Huffington Post. Video from the Guardian.
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