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Dick began racing and earned a name for himself and Thunderbird boats. [3] In 1964, Alliance Machine purchased Thunderbird and changed the name to Thunderbird/Formula, hoping this addition to their offshore racing team would also be successful. The racing scene soon proved expensive, and Fuqua Industries bought Thunderbird/Formula in 1969.
The C-204 Thunderbird, a modified 204, was the first type produced by Boeing Aircraft of Canada. These had altered wing and tailplane incidence and a reduction in upper wing area. The prototype was first flown on 30 March 1930, the first of a batch of four. They failed to sell readily, though they were sometimes leased for work.
The following is a list of land, air, sea and space vehicles that appear in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds or its adaptations.Many of the futuristic craft seen in the productions were designed by Thunderbirds special effects director Derek Meddings.
The Thunderbird class sailboat was designed in 1958 by Seattle Washington naval architect Ben Seaborn, [1] in response to a request from the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (now APA - The Engineered Wood Association) of Tacoma, Washington for design proposals for a sailboat that would "... be both a racing and cruising boat; provide sleeping accommodations for four crew; be capable of being ...
The Spratt Controlwing 107 was an unorthodox controlwing flying boat designed in the United States in the 1960s and marketed for home building in the 1970s. [2] The aircraft featured a flat, speedboat-like [3] hull with a square bow and with tailfins blended into each side. [4] [5] The fins were angled to form a butterfly tail and included no ...
Two planing sponsons act as aerodynamic end plates of the central 'channel flow' or ram wing. These race boats immediately demonstrated to have better performances with respect to the conventional monohull race boats and a new race boat class was created. The advantages of this new configuration come from the aerodynamic lift.
It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed wing keel. It displaces 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) and carries 2,800 lb (1,270 kg) of ballast. [1] [2] The boat has a draft of 3.75 ft (1.14 m) with the standard wing keel fitted. [1] [2]
Quorning Boats was founded in 1967 by Børge Quorning. In 1981 the company dropped the monohulls and started to produce exclusively the Dragonfly range of trimarans. These early trimarans were not foldable. In 1988-89 the “Swing Wing” system was designed and developed.