hydroplane
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Donald Campbell died aged 45 when the hydroplane flipped into the air and disintegrated as he attempted a water speed record.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Paul Kinghan is seeking £147,162 from the museum which houses the world-famous hydroplane – the Ruskin Museum in Coniston.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The hydroplane was lifted from the lake in 2001 and restored by Tyneside engineer Bill Smith.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024
Schumacher was just a teenager when he got his first seat in an unlimited hydroplane, driving the Cutie Radio in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
It wouldn’t hydroplane unless it was going one hundred miles an hour.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
His son, Brent Hall Jr., 12, is competing in the J-stock hydroplanes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Stocklin didn’t want to kick the bucket without fulfilling his dream of racing hydroplanes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
They both race 2.5-liter modified hydroplanes, and there will be races where they compete against each other.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Gunnar’s boat racing career started as so many do, building J-stock outboard hydroplanes at the museum with his grandfather and his sister.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
See our conquest of the air—dirigibles, aeroplanes, hydroplanes and the like.
From Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James
A flood watch was in effect when the game kicked off on a sodden field drenched with so much standing water, players hydroplaned after well-struck passes that stopped suddenly in the puddles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Solomon Mensah’s Hyundai Sonata hydroplaned as he slammed on the brakes to avoid a bus that had suddenly stopped ahead of him.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2023
A 25-year-old man died after his vehicle hydroplaned into another vehicle.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
The next batter, Andrew Vaughan, hit a groundball that hydroplaned to third baseman Eugenio Suarez, who misplayed it.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
The young man told Vernon that his car had hydroplaned.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
In Garfield County, Okla., severe weather destroyed some barns, felled trees and sent cars hydroplaning into ditches, but no one was injured, said Mike Honigsberg, the emergency management director for the county.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
Abrupt stops may even result in hydroplaning, which will cause you to lose control of your car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
Even after the ice is gone, drivers often crash while hydroplaning.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
Authorities have determined a vehicle hydroplaning on the rain-slick highway caused the fatal accident.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2019
The “dynamics of the vehicles involved in the accident strongly indicate that the vehicles had much higher levels of traction than would be available in a hydroplaning situation.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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