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Originally Posted by ms660
So far as I can make out the Hoover Constellation was produced in the UK for nearly 20 years and ceased production in 1975, so maybe not a failure.
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My mother had a Hoover Constellation and loved it. If I remember correctly, the air exhaust at the bottom was able to connect the flexible hose, and so
could use the almost-useless accessories such as insecticide- and paint-sprayers. The cleaner had to be shoved over on to its side to do this.
If I remember correctly, the Constellation might have just preceded the introduction of the commercial hovercraft and my mother always referred to Christopher Cockerell's device as a "Hoovercraft", bless her (She's been dead a long time).
Colin.