1959 Christopher Cockerells Hovercraft invention has its final trial run. 1964 Karl Dahlmans hover mower wins gold medal at the Brussels Inventors Fair. 1965 Production of the worlds first hover mo......1959 Christopher Cockerells Hovercraft invention has its final trial run. 1964 Karl Dahlmans hover mower wins gold medal at the Brussels Inventors Fair. 1965 Production of the worlds first hover mower starts at Newton Aycliffe. Flymo Founded. 1969 Flymo becomes part of Electrolux and launch worlds first electric hover mower. 1977 Flymo goes "Orange". 1978 Flymo introduce and patent the worlds first grass collecting hover mower. 1982 Queens Award for Export. 1983 Queens Award for Technology. 1988 Flymo Multi Trim, the first two-in-one trimmer and lawn edger on the market is launched. 1989 Flymo move to purpose built factory and become the UKs leading lawnmover brand. 1993 Flymo launch GardenVac, a unique multi-purpose garden tidy tool. 1994 Flymo launch and TV advertise the Unique Turbo Compact. 2000 Flymo sell 1 million products in the UK market.