A hydroplane driver was killed Saturday during an exhibition on the Ohio River for this weekend's Madison Regatta. Rick Beatty, 60, of Dayton, Ohio, was ejected from the open cockpit of his vintage ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...