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  2. Water speed record - Wikipedia

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    Richard Noble, engineer behind the Thrust series of land speed record cars Thrust2 which he drove, and ThrustSSC, the supersonic Land Speed Record holder since 1997, announced on a YouTube video 27 May 2022 that his group intends to construct a water speed record boat, named ThrustWSH (Water Speed Hydroplane), conforming to the naming custom of ...

  3. Spirit of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Starting in the early 1990s, Warby built a second jet boat, Aussie Spirit powered with a fresh Westinghouse J34, but he never made a record attempt with it. [8] Warby and his son Dave then worked on a new boat, Spirit of Australia II, powered by a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet engine taken from an Italian Fiat G.91 fighter.

  4. Boeing 929 Jetfoil - Wikipedia

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    Jet Ferry One: P&O Jet Ferries: Sep 1979: 1982 Funchal: Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong: Active No. 14 HMS Speedy (P296) Royal Navy Jan 1979 1982 Speedy Princess - Lilau Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong Scrapped in 2021 (Retired in 2019) No. 15: Cú Na Mara: B&I Line: 1980: 1982 Ginga: Sado Steam Ship: Active No. 16: Jet Ferry ...

  5. Jetsprint - Wikipedia

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    Margaret spectated jet boat Marathons which Pat competed in, but wanted to see more of the race, suggesting a smaller, more condensed track. Events were originally held in the same natural braided rivers that had inspired Sir William Hamilton to develop the jetboat , but when the sport was introduced to Australia in the mid-1980s, permanent ...

  6. Miss GEICO - Wikipedia

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    There have been several versions of the Miss GEICO boat, including one of the fastest offshore powerboats in the world. The most powerful was a 50' Mystic powered by twin Lycoming T-53 turbine engines, reaching speeds exceeding 210 mph (340 km/h); which caught fire during testing on June 30, 2012, in Sarasota, Florida , and burned to the ...

  7. Bluebird K7 - Wikipedia

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    It had a design speed of 250 miles per hour (400 km/h) and remained the only successful jet-boat in the world until the late 1960s. From the brief of the mid 1950s, Blubird K7 was designed [5] to: To attain a speed of 250mph commensurate with an adequate margin of static and dynamic stability in yaw, pitch and roll.

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  9. HSC High Speed Jet - Wikipedia

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    The HSC High Speed Jet is a 74 m (243 ft) ocean-going catamaran built in 1990 by Incat for Hoverspeed and currently owned by Seajets.In 1990, as Hoverspeed Great Britain, she took the Hales Trophy for the fastest eastbound transatlantic journey, making the run, without passengers, in three days, seven hours and fifty-four minutes, averaging 36.6 knots (67.8 km/h; 42.1 mph).