Drew Herrick sent us 33 New Martinsville Regatta Race Program covers to add to our “Official Race Programs” book (we have almost 325 covers now). I really like this first one he sent from 1953. The Y-333 SHOOTING STAR is a cool boat, cool name, and even his helmet is painted nicely to go with his theme. The Program is kinda neat as it is New Martinsville’s 14th Annual race and they give a tip of the hat by noting A.P.B.A.’s 50th Anniversary on their cover. I also added some other covers that folks have sent us (and a couple of ones we are borrowing from the www). It makes a really neat book seeing all of them together. If you visit, they are arranged by years from oldest to newest.
If you want to see what’s behind those covers, TVH does go more in-depth on some of these Race Programs by scanning/posting the contents an what’s inside on some of these official Race Programs. Those can be found @ https://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/race…/regatta_past.html
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