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On 11 June 1959 the first experimental flight of an Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV), or hovercraft, took place and now, 23 years later, many of these vehicles can be found all over the globe.
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Peter Mantle, Air Cushion Craft Development (first revision), Washington DC, USGPO, 1980. See pp. 15–32.
W.P. Heere, ‘Air cushion vehicles, a legal puzzle’, in 2 Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 1971, pp. 108–121.
For a bibliography on the legal status of hovercraft, see Wybo P. Heere, International bibliography of air law 1900–1971,plus the supplements for 1972–1976 and 1977–1980, under no. 71d.
Ibid. pp. 114–115.
Verkeersrecht 1976, pp. 259–260.
Not published.
Arbitration, 22 February 1967, Schip and Schade 1967, no. 45; District Court of Alkmaar, 25 June 1970, Schip and Schade 1970, no. 93; Court The Hague, 7 October 1970, Schip and Schade 1971, no. 29.
CLN Convention of 1973, Uniform Law Review 1974, II, pp. 102 e.s.; Transport,ed. by prof. Schadee (Deventer, The Netherlands), pp. 1064/1069. Protocol of 1978, Uniform Law Review 1978, I, p. 231; Transport,pp. 1293/1296.
Stb. (Official Gazette) 1979, no. 196.
London Convention of 1972, Trb. (Netherlands Treaty Series) 1974, no. 51.
Handelingen Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, zitting 1981–1982, no. 17320, nos. 1–2.
London Convention of 1973, Trb. 1975, no. 147; 12 I.L.M. 1973, p. 1319. London Protocol of 1978, Trb. 1978, no. 188; 17 I.L.M. 1978, p. 546.
See note 2, at p. 110.
I.L.A., Report of the 75th Conference held at Madrid, 1976; see pp. XI-XXX, and 39 e.s., 51 e.s., and 65 e.s.
Le statut des véhicules à coussin d’air (aéroglisseurs)’ and ‘The legal status of air-cushion vehicles (hovercraft)’, in: Revue de Droit Uniforme/Uniform Law Review 1974, II, pp. 16/17 e.s.
Preliminary Draft Convention on Registration and Nationality of Air-Cushion Vehicles, Etude LII, Doc. 10, Unidroit 1975; Uniform Law Review 1975, II, p. 238. Preliminary Draft Convention relating to the International Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea and by Inland Waterway in Air-Cushion Vehicles, Etude LII, Doc. 18, Unidroit 1976; Uniform Law Review 1976, II, p. 54.
Preliminary Draft Convention on the Civil Liability of Owners of Air-Cushion Vehicles for Damage caused to Third Parties, Etude LII, Doc. 19, Unidroit 1976; Uniform Law Review 1976, II, p. 108.
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Heere, W.P. (1982). The legal status of Hovercraft in the Netherlands. In: Ulrich, H., D’Oliveira, J. (eds) Netherlands Reports to the XIth International Congress of Comparative Law Caracas 1982. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4443-0_16
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