The supercharged Allison V-12 explodes into life, its exhausts firing smoke and flame as the unlimited hydroplane shakes like a plesiosaur on meth. A gleaming prop then shoves the wooden beast onto ...

Views from the official Water Follies barge in Columbia Park on the first day of Columbia Cup action and the Over the River Air Show in Kennewick. Bob Brawdy [email protected] Columbia Park ...

HYDROPLANE RACING is a sport for thrill-seekers. A human is strapped into what is essentially an airplane wing fitted out with an airplane (or helicopter) engine, and then zooms almost airborne across ...

When the vintage hydroplane’s engine powers on, it sounds like I’m sitting right on top of a giant airplane turbine. Even through my ear plugs and clunky helmet, the rumble takes over my senses. I’m ...

Eric Mann, 43, is a vintage-hydroplane owner and president of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, 1650 S. 93rd St., near Boeing Field. He's also an electrical engineer with Cypress Semiconductor with ...

Columbia Park opens at 8 a.m. Saturday for a full weekend of racing action on the river and aerial stunts in the sky. 12 p.m. — Atomic Screenprint all driver autograph session 1:30 p.m. — IBEW Local ...