On the water, the vintage hydroplanes move forward fast, but their existence is steeped in the past. Inland Northwest residents caught a glimpse of history in Coeur d’Alene this weekend at Hydros, Hot ...

WETZEL COUNTY, WV---The vintage Hydroplane Exhibition kicked off Saturday in New Martinsville with boats from all around the country racing on the Ohio River. Flying down the Ohio River at 110mph, 42 ...

When the vintage hydroplane’s engine powers on, it sounds like I’m sitting right on top of a giant airplane turbine. Even through my ear plugs and clunky helmet, the rumble takes over my senses. I’m ...

"Miss Wahoo" driver David Williams, who is also director of the Hydroplane Raceboat Museum in Kent, Wash., and crew members George Deering, sitting, and Pete Klein are towed past of mouth of the ...

In case you haven’t heard — and if you haven’t, you might have your hearing checked — a small squad of vintage hydroplanes was out on Lake Washington on Thursday celebrating the ear-splitting sound ...

Detroit — The first time Mitch Evans sat at the wheel of the U-80 Blue Chip he was nine years old, and in the lap of his father, Norm. “We went over to Lake Chelan, in Washington, and did a little ...

Cal Phipps in the U-27 Wiggins Racing unlimited hydroplane went airborne last year during qualifying for the Gold Cup on the Columbia River. The boats will be back in the water starting Friday as the ...

A West Richland couple sat in the shade Sunday watching the boats and jets speed past on the Columbia River. Glenn and Terri Grant have been coming to the Tri-City hydroplane races for more than 35 ...

The phone call came while Steve Payne was packing. “We’re getting ready to come your way,” he said Tuesday to the caller from southeast Michigan. “The boat is ready to go. We’ve got two engines, both ...