hydroplane

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

Smith eventually walked away and handed the hydroplane to the Ruskin Museum.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The nation’s only public museum dedicated solely to unlimited hydroplane racing, the nonprofit reaches beyond pure recreation to benefit children and wounded veterans, as well.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

Mr Smith eventually walked away and handed the hydroplane to the Ruskin Museum.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024

"And don't forget we're going up in the hydroplane tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

As I took off my racing gear and hydrated, I spotted some modern hydroplanes running practice laps in the distance, preparing for the races later that day.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 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

The Tri-Cities hosted it in 2015 before it returned to Detroit for three more years until the unlimited hydroplanes stopped racing on the Detroit River.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

I would get some scraps of wood and build my own hydroplanes and then race them up and down the streets as those Seafair Races gave me an excuse to be a tomboy.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023

Turning first to the diving controls, he adjusted the hydroplanes to their extreme downward inclination, then made the rounds of the vent valves, opening all wide.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance

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

The three were traveling southbound on Interstate 35 in Tonkawa, Okla., near the Kansas border, when their Volkswagen Tiguan hydroplaned and became disabled, blocking the outside lane, according to the department of public safety.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 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

Four days before the hearing, they’d received the results from a study done by a forensic sciences firm in Salt Lake City that had asked the question: Was it likely that Reggie 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

Still, it was raining, and as an L.A. native, even a light shower has me fearful of hydroplaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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 quad’s balloon tires cut through the water easily, but he’d have to watch out for hydroplaning, which was just as dangerous as driving on ice.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith