Somewhere I've got some prints or slides I took (with my original OM-1 and
probably my Soligor 70-220 boat anchor) of Dean Chenoweth trying to
establish the speed record on Lake Washington in the Bud. It was a turbine
by this time. Here's the kicker. I was working swing shift at the time and
had to leave for work at about 3PM... he'd already made perhaps four passes.
On my way to work, I heard on the radio that he'd blown over on run five or
six. I probably missed it by 20 minutes or so. Fortunately, he wasn't
seriously hurt in this attempt (he died a couple years later in a race
blow-over).
If my memory serves me, he did 220-230 mph on one of those runs, but failed
to make the record.
I need to dig through my 'junk' and look for those photos.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Cwiklinski
Jim Timpe wrote:
>>Not just flying things. They used to make the most beautiful sounds
>>coming from a fleet of unlimited hydroplanes racing around a two mile race
>>course on Lake Washington... before the shrill whine of turbines took
>>over. Sweet >memories.<<
Seems like we're getting sentimental on the list (i.e. moon landings, etc.).
I remember the Gold Cup Hydroplane races (unlimited) on the Detroit River
and the sound of the Rolls Royce engines with monster roostertails. Very,
very cool. Miss Budweiser was/is the crowd favorite. The sad part was I
never took my OM camera to this annual event. It is not the same since they
introduced the turbine engines.
John Cwiklinski
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