Flymo a hovercraft. The operator can then more easily move the mower as it floats on this cushion over the grass. Hover mowers are necessarily light in order to achieve the air cushion and typically have plastic bodies with an electric motor. The lack of any wheels enables the mower to be more easily maneuvered around objects. Flymo has also sold various lawn tractors and push mowers, among other lawn & garden equipment. Other products include: Flymo Flymo is a hover mower invented by Karl Dahlman. Dahlman invented the mower in 1964 after seeing Sir Christopher Cockerell's Hovercraft machine. "Flymo" is
James Dahlman 1885 he became the mayor of Chadron and was elected twice to that office. While mayor of Chadron, Dahlman formed a friendship with a successful young lawyer from Lincoln named William Jennings Bryan. For the next several years, the pair maintained contact, with Dahlman raising funds in Chadron for Bryan's 1892 campaign for re-election to Congress. Dahlman served twice as a Nebraska delegate to the Democratic National Convention, in 1892 and 1896. After declining an offer as the police chief in Omaha in 1896, Dahlman served as Democratic state chairman. He helped Bryan to carry Nebraska in his first run