In the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, which vehicle does Bond use during the gondola chase in Venice?

In the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, Bond uses a gondola hovercraft during the Venice chase.

Bond begins the sequence in a conventional Venetian gondola while escaping enemies. The vessel then reveals a hidden hovercraft mechanism, allowing it to travel across the square and streets rather than remaining confined to the canals. The surprising transition is one of Moonraker’s most overtly comic vehicle moments.

The scene was filmed in Venice and at locations designed to reproduce the city’s architecture. Because a real gondola could not safely perform the entire stunt, the production used specially built equipment and controlled effects to create the impression that the boat had transformed into a land-going craft.

The vehicle is often described simply as a hovercraft or a flying gondola. The clearest canonical description is a gondola hovercraft: it retains the appearance of a Venetian gondola while functioning as a hovercraft for the chase. Moonraker was released in 1979 with Roger Moore as Bond.