Back in the summer of 2007, Edinburgh briefly went hovercraft daft as thousands queued up for the trial of a proposed new service linking the capital with the Kingdom of Fife.
But while the numbers eager to try out the service far outstripped expectations, the plan was sunk at the final hurdle - with Edinburgh Council blamed for "killing" it stone dead.
At the maiden trial on July 16, 2007, a crowd gathered at Portobello Beach as rumours spread of a bizarre object on the horizon.
