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AN AIR-SUPPORTED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE ADAPTED TO TRAVEL ON A ROADBED PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE DEVELOPED ELECTRIC INDUCTION MOTOR SECONDARY MEMBER, SAID VEHICLE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A COMPARTMENT ADAPTED TO CONTAIN CARGO AND PERSONNEL, A PLURALITY OF LEVITATION MEMBERS DISPOSED BENEATH SAID COMPARTMENT IN FIXED RELATION THERETO, SAID LEVITATION MEMBERS COMPRISING SURFACES ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ABOVE SURFACES OF SAID ROADBED AND TO BE SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A LAYER OF AIR WHICH IS COMPRESSED TO A PRESSURE SUFFICIENTLY GREATER THAN ATMOSPHERIC TO CAUSE SAID VEHICLE TO LEVITATE, SAID AIR BEING COMMUNICATED BETWEEN SAID SURFACE THROUGH SAID LEVITATION MEMBERS, COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY MEANS FOR PROVIDING HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSED AIR TO SAID LEVIATION MEMBERS, MEANS FOR CONVEYING COMPRESSED AIR FROM SAID COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY MEANS TO SAID LEVITATION MEMBERS, AT LEAST ONE DEVELOPED ELECTRIC INDUCTION MOTOR WOUND PRIMARY MEMBER DISPOSED BENEATH SAID COMPARTMENT IN FIXED RELATION THERETO, ELECTRIC CURRENT SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLY ENERGY TO SAID DEVELOPED ELECTRIC INDUCTION MOTOR PRIMARY MEMBER, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRIC CURRENT TO SAID INDUCTION MOTOR PRIMARY MEMBER TO PROVIDE A TRAVELING FIELD THEREIN, SAID PRIMARY MOTOR MEMBER BEING DISPOSED IN PARALLEL NON-CONTACTING ADJACENCY TO SAID SECONDARY MOTOR MEMBER, VEHICLE PROPULSION BEING PROVIDED BY CURRENT FLOWING IN SAID PRIMARY MOTOR MEMBER AND BY CURRENT INDUCED IN SAID SECONDARY ELECTRIC INDUCTION MOTOR MEMBER, VEHICLE SUSPENSION BEING PROVIDED BY MEANS OF COMPRESSED AIR EXHAUSTED THROUGH SAID LEVITATION MEMBERS AGAINST SAID ROADBED.