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Model of Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on Blowering Dam. Ken Warby MBE (9 May 1939 – 20 February 2023) was an Australian motorboat racer, who at his death held the water speed record of 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph), set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978.
The world unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle, irrespective of propulsion method. The current unlimited record is 511.11 km/h (317.59 mph; 275.98 kn), achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia on 8 October 1978.
Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964).
Water speed records Category Speed (knots) Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs Water speed record: 275.98: 511.11: 317.59: Spirit of Australia: Ken Warby: 8 Oct 1978 UIM [51] [52] Propeller-driven 226.78: 420.00: 260.97: Problem Child: Daryl Ehrlich 22 Nov 2009 IHBA, GWR [53] [54] Wind-powered 65.45: 121.21: 75.32 ...
Water speed record attempt [101] [102] Alan Hawkins: 2000/06/17 Lake Ming: Bakersfield, California, United States "Gladiator" blown alcohol hydro: Melvin Eaves: 2001/07/01 Alabama River Rampage: Alabama River Lance Faulkner: 2001/11/22 Testing: Lake Mead: Parker, Arizona Dale Anderson: 2002/09/08 National Jet Boat Association: Lake Ming
Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave (22 September 1896 – 13 June 1930) was an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records.Segrave, who set three land and one water record, was the first person to hold both titles simultaneously and the first person to travel at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) in a land vehicle.
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October 8 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.6 mph (511.13 km/h) at Blowering Dam, Australia. October 9 – P.W. Botha succeeds John Vorster as Prime Minister of South Africa. [45] [46] October 10. Daniel arap Moi becomes president of Kenya. John Vorster becomes State President of South Africa. [45]