Comments on: Pontoon Boat Aims at 150-Mile Speed (Dec, 1932) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/11/19/pontoon-boat-aims-at-150-mile-speed/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: James Webb http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/11/19/pontoon-boat-aims-at-150-mile-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-1087560 James Webb Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:27:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6134#comment-1087560 I met and knew Tom Lake in the 1960s when I worked at Piasecki helicopters. I visited him at his home in Milford, CT on several occassions where he showed me the submarine test models he and his father made stored in the garage. Simon Lake was personal friends with Henry Ford and Edison. Tom Lake was the inspiration and role model for the comic strip, "Captain Easy !" The boat shown in the picture was able to be a high speed torpedo attack boat that could turn on a dime. What was accepted was the "PT' boat. I still have in my possession an advertisement sheet on this boat Tom gave me ! I met and knew Tom Lake in the 1960s when I worked at Piasecki helicopters.
I visited him at his home in Milford, CT on several occassions where he showed me the submarine test models he and his father made stored in the garage.

Simon Lake was personal friends with Henry Ford and Edison.

Tom Lake was the inspiration and role model for the comic strip, “Captain Easy !”

The boat shown in the picture was able to be a high speed torpedo attack boat that could turn on a dime. What was accepted was the “PT’ boat.

I still have in my possession an advertisement sheet on this boat Tom gave me !

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