Jet Powers Boat (May, 1955)
Filed under: General, Nautical — @ 6:44 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1955
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1955
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Jet Powers Boat
Powered by a jet-aircraft engine, a new hydroplane has been built in England for an assault on the U.S.-held water speed record of 178.497 miles per hour. Pilot of the hydroplane is Donald Campbell, son of the late Sir Malcolm Campbell, whose Bluebird held the speed record in the late 1930s. The new craft, also called Bluebird, is driven by the jet discharge into the air, as in an airplane. Steering is achieved with a marine-type rudder. The new Bluebird reportedly has excited the interest of both American and British Naval officials.
