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Clayton Jacobson II (October 12, 1933 – August 18, 2022) was an American inventor who was credited with inventing the jet ski. Before the jet ski, he worked in wholesale food where he met his wife Dianna.
Registration prefix Adopted Retired Replaced with Presentation and notes Aden: VR-A [28] 1939 1939 British colonial allocation Algeria: F-O [28] [a] 1929 1962 7T French colonial allocation Angola: CR-L [28] [29] 1929 1975 D2 Portuguese colonial allocation Argentina: R [28] [b] 1929 1932 LV Austria: A [28] 1929 1939 OE Bahamas: VP-B [28] 1929 ...
This list is only of aircraft that have an article, indexed by aircraft registration "tail number" (civil registration or military serial number). The list includes aircraft that are notable either as an individual aircraft or have been involved in a notable accident or incident or are linked to a person notable enough to have a stand-alone Wikipedia article.
Ship registration has been done since business on the seas has been important. Originally meant to control ships carrying cargo in European seafaring countries, [1] it was used to make sure ships were being built in the local country, with crews predominantly of the local country. [4]
A personal watercraft (PWC), also called Jet Ski or water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat. Prominent brands of PWCs include Jet Skis and Sea-Doos. PWCs have two style categories.
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The Original 1973 Kawasaki JS400 Jet Ski. Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft (PWC) [1] manufactured by Kawasaki, [2] a Japanese company. [3] The term is often used generically to refer to any type of personal watercraft used mainly for recreation, and it is also used as a verb to describe the use of any type of PWC.
The SuperJet is a stand-up type personal watercraft (PWC) made by Yamaha Motor Corporation. Part of Yamaha's WaveRunner line of watercraft, it was introduced in 1990 and has become one of the most successful stand-up personal watercraft ever made. [1] All SuperJets, including the engine, are hand-built in Japan.