Miss Bardahl I am not sure if that is Mira Slovak or Norm Evans driving but they were the two who drove Miss Bardahl in 1958. Ted Koopman photo at the 1958 Presidents Cup. Ted was a great photographer back at that time who shared his photos with the racers. …
Jack Hines’ Miss Peg and Paul Poledink’s White Lightning vintage hydroplanes will wow the car buffs attending Detroit Autorama this weekend.
Dennis Baxter is looking for his father’s old hydroplane from Canada. This and other boats people are looking for — in TVH “Where are They Now? section.
Jim Retif’s Miss Nehi (1952 High Point champion) in the 135 cu. in. class. The driver is Bobby Bourcq. The news photographer Bobby is holding on to is unknown. Phil Kunz obtained the photo from Ennie Argence’s scrapbook. Ennie was the National Champion and kilo straight-a-way record holder in the …
A really neat story posted in the Hydro Racing story section on Les Brown and his Long Gone hydros from crew member, Ray Jackson.
Ray sends in these photos and he has been trying to estimate the age of this 9′ step hydroplane. If any one has any ideas on this, please contact Ray Robbins @ rjr26pt2@yahoo.com
Step One: Hire someone who has the correct equipment. Step Two: You’re done.
Hello Vintage Hydroplanes website, I just came across your site as I was looking up information on older hydroplanes. My father (Réal Lavoie) had one for a couple of years and my sister in law just scanned this old pic of him with his boat, dating from 1968. We lived …
