The supercharged Allison V-12 explodes into life, its exhausts firing smoke and flame as the unlimited hydroplane shakes like a plesiosaur on meth. A gleaming prop then shoves the wooden beast onto ...

HYDROPLANE RACING is a sport for thrill-seekers. A human is strapped into what is essentially an airplane wing fitted out with an airplane (or helicopter) engine, and then zooms almost airborne across ...

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 ...

Eric Mann, 43, is a vintage-hydroplane owner and president of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, 1650 S. 93rd St., near Boeing Field. He's also an electrical engineer with Cypress Semiconductor with ...

Sometimes there is a crossroads in a person’s life where a decision changes their life forever. David Williams came to that crossroads in 1992. “I love to cook, and I was saving to go to the Le Cordon ...