hydroplane

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

The hydroplane was lifted from the lake in 2001 and restored by Tyneside engineer Bill Smith.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024

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

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

Evidently he lived in this vicinity for he told me that he had just bought a hydroplane and was going to try it out in the morning.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

H1 Unlimited called the new boat “one of the most technologically advanced Unlimited hydroplanes ever constructed” in a news release Wednesday, saying it is a “composite craft, utilizing carbon fiber and other advanced materials.”

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

Some participants drove runabouts that slice through the water, while others used hydroplanes, which glide over it.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

Stocklin didn’t want to kick the bucket without fulfilling his dream of racing hydroplanes.

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

All the while there was a steady buzzing hum from slowly turning motors, and about every half minute there came a faint whir of gear wheels from away aft by the hydroplanes.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham

A man in San Mateo County died Thursday after his vehicle hydroplaned and struck a tree, becoming the first storm-related death, according to Brian Ferguson, a spokesperson for the governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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

Proper inflation and tread can reduce the risk of hydroplaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

Even after the ice is gone, drivers often crash while hydroplaning.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

Cars were hydroplaning all over the course, crashing into the wall and struggling to get the windshield wipers working.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2020

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