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Alaska Hovercraft

June 14, 2002 - September 15, 2004

Museum: Postal Museum

Location: Atrium

On view is a scale model of the AP.1-88 hovercraft, a 70-foot-long land/water cargo vehicle, along with photographs and a video narrated by Sen. Ted Stevens, R.-Alaska. The exhibit explores the hovercraft's role in delivering mail to eight villages along the Kuskokwim River in rural western Alaska.