The McHenry County rescue hovercraft, which can seat five, resembles a boat. But rather than floating on the water, it skims across it, or any flat surface, on a thin layer of air created by fans ...

There's something otherworldly about hovercraft. The way they glide over water and land, usually with billows of spray or sand, is pure mechanized spectacle. There was a time when it seemed ...

But in his spare time, he designs, builds, and races hovercraft, with the farm becoming a venue for races and tournaments. And today and tomorrow, the first stage of the National Hovercraft Racing ...