Hovercraft

by Kyaw Sein

Updated : June 2025

Saya U Kyaw Sein (M65)

The first Hovercraft was fabricated and submitted as a thesis by 1973 Mechanical students as a partial fulfillment for the Bachelor Of Engineering degree. Their supervisor was Saya U Tu Myint.

Updates

Singapore Oldies

• Saya U Kyaw Sein, Saya U Thein Lwin, Sayama Daw May Than Nwe and U Myint Thin (M71) are GBNF.
• U Tu Myint retired from Singapore Polytechnic.
• John Rao invited me to meet Saya U Tu Myint, U Hla Win & some M73 at a lunch gathering.

Hovercraft Follow up

• The next batches submitted thesis on improvement of the first one.
• VIP test drive was performed for the Minister for Industry at that time, Col. Maung Cho. The test drive was performed on the lake beside Insein Locomotive Maintenance and Repair Shop. The invention was a success.
• U Kyi Aung (Roland Chen, ChE73) had the honor to drive the first ‘Hovercraft’ invented by M73 students. Ironically, further improvement projects were stopped for no reasons.

Additional information

• Article by Dr. Myint Thein (M73)
• Interview of the Hovercraft team (arranged by Saya U Moe Aung)