Neoteric Hovercraft in the News

The Lay of the Land, The Center for Land Use Interpretation Newsletter, Spring 2008
Hovercraft: The Ultimate Vehicle of the Fringe?
Light hovercraft, such as Neoteric Hovercraft, are finding their way into their niche. And their niche is places you can’t get to by any other means …

At the Wheel, Russia, May 2008
At the Wheel
Neoteric hovercraft were featured in At the Wheel, a major Russian off-road vehicle magazine …

RedSleds, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2008
RedSleds
Neoteric hovercraft were featured in RedSleds, a major Russian off-road vehicle magazine …

WISH TV 8, Indianapolis, IN, November 2007
Hovercraft Soon to be Added to Central Indiana’s Search and Rescue Arsenal
The Indianapolis Fire Department purchases a Neoteric Rescue Hovertrek™ with a Homeland Security grant …

WISH TV 8, Indianapolis, IN, 31 October 2007
Eric Halvorson’s Blog: A trip to Terre Haute gave me another reason to enjoy my job. A photographer and I went there, today, to visit Neoteric … the company that made the hovercraft for Marion County …

WISH TV 8, Indianapolis, IN, October 2007
Local Emergency Management Will Soon Get Hovercraft
Indianapolis Fire Chief Jim Greeson said a hovercraft a can do things current machines can’t …

Associated Press, 28 September 2007
New hovercraft can be used for water and snow rescues
Emergency management officials in Marion and Hamilton counties say a new hovercraft will help with rescues on water, snow and ice …

WTHR TV 13, Indianapolis, IN, September 2007
IFD gets Hovercraft
Firefighters in Marion and Hamilton Counties will soon have a new and faster way to make water rescues: a Neoteric Rescue Hovercraft …

Indianapolis Star, September 2007
Homeland Security grant buys hovercraft
The hovercraft purchase was approved at the federal level for security purposes as well as water, swiftwater and ice rescues …

Wylie Fire Department uses Neoteric Hovercraft in Texas Flood Rescue
Read the details on our rescue endorsements page …

Neoteric hovercraft rescues dog on Lake Michigan
North Muskegon Fire Department use Neoteric hovercraft to rescue a dog stranded on the Lake Michican ice …

Everett, Washington Daily Herald, 12 November 2006
Highly trained volunteers saved flood victims
Neoteric hovercraft play vital role in rescuing hundreds during Washington USA flood emergency …

HoverWorld Insider, May 2006
Neoteric hovercraft outperform other vehicles in F-16 crash rescue and recovery
Neoteric hovercraft rescue pilot after his F-16 crashes on the Utah Test and Training Range mudflats, and aid in aircraft recovery efforts …

KSL Television, 2 April 2006
Neoteric hovercraft rescue pilot after F-16 aircraft crash
The crash site was difficult to get to because it's across water, but emergency crews were able to use a new tool, two Neoteric rescue hovercraft …

Boating Magazine, November 2005
Airport eliminates aviation threat with a Neoteric hovercraft
Batten International Airport in Racine, Wisconsin USA has the distinction of saving lives and hundreds of thousands of dollars by eliminating bird-aircraft strikes with a hovercraft.

Hilltop Times, (Hill Air Force Base) 27 October 2005
Over hill, dale and water too! New Range vehicles ready to go
Neoteric rescue hovercraft prove to be "perfect response vehicles" for the Utah Test and Training Range, which provides the largest overland safety footprint available in the U.S. Department of Defense for aircrew training and weapons testing …

HoverWorld Insider, April 2005
A Neoteric hovercraft eliminates solves bird-aircraft strike dilemma
Batten International Airport eliminates an aviation threat and creates cleaner water and a healthier bottom line with a Neoteric hovercraft …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 16 Aug. 2004
Nation-crossing hovercrafter stops in Terre Haute
Neoteric Hovercraft welcomes British explorer Robert Hodson to Terre Haute during his two-year, coast-to-coast exploration of America's rivers via hovercraft – the longest hovercraft trek in history … click here to see the photos from his 3 week stopover.

WTHI TV (CBS) Terre Haute, Indiana 30 Apr. 2004
Hovercrafts on the Wabash
Neoteric Hovercraft bring tourism to Black Sea World, a new tourist attraction on Bulgaria's Black Sea …

Citrus County Chronicle, 31 July 2004
On the Rise: Neoteric Hovercraft
Travel Gear, a weekly Travel Channel program devoted to new gadgets and products for travel, features Neoteric hovercraft …

The Revolutionary, Winter Edition 2004
Revolutionary Hovercraft at Revcor
US-based Revcor uses Neoteric hovercraft for corporate team building, in-house training, marketing and branding. "After some research, we contacted Neoteric Hovercraft, who seemed to have the most technologically advanced hovercrafts on the market." …

Terre Haute Journal of Business, July 2003
Neoteric owner keeps the world hovering – and coming back for more
From judging Junkyard Wars Hovercraft to designing dragon hovercraft for Disney's Epcot Center to deploying hovercraft for Homeland Security, Neoteric has been involved in every stage of hovercraft science and sport …

Canberra Times, 7 May 2003
Hovercraft will break new ground in Canberra again
Chris Fitzgerald, President of Neoteric Hovercraft and organizer of the World Hovercraft Championship in 1989 and 2002, visits Australia to plan HoverWorld Expo 2004 …

Canberra Times, 3 May 2003
Back to the future to mark a space-age race on the lake
Canberra took a giant step into the future when it staged the world's first hovercraft race in 1964, and it will take a large step back to the future when it marks the 40th anniversary of that event next year with HoverWorld Expo 2004 …

Eric Shackle's eBook, May 2003
Hovercraft World Speed Record
Neoteric Hovercraft proposes a new hovercraft world speed record challenge for Canberra, Australia 2004 …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 12 Sept. 2002
Hover Hype
Chris Fitzgerald, President of Neoteric Hovercraft, promotes a cool toy …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 30 Aug. 2002
Kids take turns riding in child-sized hovercraft
Neoteric Hovercraft builds "hoverchair" for children …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 17 Aug. 2002
World Hovercraft Championship will bring international flair to town
The 2002 World Hovercraft Championship will have more international competitors than any single Indianapolis 500,
says Neoteric Hovercraft President …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 12 June 2002
Hovercraft on way to patrol border
Justice Department buys rescue hovercraft manufactured by Neoteric …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 02 June, 2002
Hovercraft makes debut as pace car at Action Track
A Neoteric hovercraft used as the first non-wheeled pace car on a dirt track
prompts the USAC Silver Crown Sumar Classic to go down in history …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 18 May 2002
Soaking experience doesn't faze emergency official
Vigo County Emergency Management uses Neoteric Hovercraft to rescue animals during flood …

Terre Haute Tribune Star, 29 Jan. 2002
Ready to race
Chris Fitzgerald knows how to put on a show. Invoking the spirit of Hoosier racing and even James Bond,
the hovercraft guru Monday kicked off the beginning of a big year …

Eric Shackle's eBook, Sept. 2001
World's First Hovercraft Race / Melbourne Entrant's Success Story
Australian journalist recalls 1964 premiere hovercraft race, in which Neoteric President, Chris Fitzgerald, was a participant …

Boating on the Hudson Magazine, 20 March 2002
Wave of the Future: Neoteric Hovercraft
A journalist and a Long Island, NY, USA fire chief describe how Neoteric hovercraft perform where other rescue vehicles cannot: "The Neoteric Hovertek is one of the most unique vehicles I have ever been witness to …"