by David Aldred | Jul 10, 2016
Craig Arfons – Rain X Challenger Rain-X Challenger (photo courtesy of Franklin Ratliff) Craig was a champion drag car racer with a vast amount of knowledge of jet engines which he incorporated into both his cars and the Rain X Challenger. In the case of the boat...
by David Aldred | Jul 10, 2016
Lee Taylor – Hustler Outright Water Speed Record Achieved: 285.21 mph – 30 June 1967 Lake Guntersville, Alabama, USA Hustler (photo courtesy of Doug Ford) The Hustler was built by Rich Hallet of Downey, California, of oak, aircraft quality birch plywood and...
by David Aldred | Jul 10, 2016
Donald M Campbell CBE ‐ Bluebird K7 Bluebird K7 during her record breaking (Photo courtesy of David de Lara) Outright Water Speed Records of Bluebird K7: 202.32 mph ‐ July 1955 Ullswater England 216.23 mph ‐ November 1955 Lake Mead, Nevada USA 225.63 mph ‐ September...
by David Aldred | Jul 10, 2016
Sir Malcolm Campbell – Bluebird K4 ‘slipper’ ‘Towards a goal’ by Arthur Benjamins The Bluebird K4 propeller driven hydroplane of Sir Malcolm Campbell was converted to a pure thrust jet hydroplane by swapping the Rolls Royce...
by David Aldred | Jul 2, 2016
How did we select our pilot for Longbow? There is a lot more to driving a jet hydroplane than getting into the craft and putting your foot to the floor, and for this task you need someone with some pretty special qualities. You certainly need to have quick reactions...
