Hydroplane Sets New World's Records
[1916]
Miss Minneapolis
This
20-ft. hydroplane, the Miss Minneapolis, created a sensation in the Gold
Challenge Cup race in Detroit a few weeks ago by traveling at such speed that it
broke more than one world's record for crafts of its class, thus winning the
cup. One of these was the mile trial record, the mile being covered six times at
an average speed of 1 min. 7 3/5 sec., which is at the rate of 53.25 knots, or
61.24 miles an hour. Another record was broken when it covered one five-mile lap
(nautical miles) in 6 min. l1 sec., which is at the rate of 55.8 statute miles
an hour.
(Reprinted from Popular Mechanics, December 1916, p.841
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This
20-ft. hydroplane, the Miss Minneapolis, created a sensation in the Gold
Challenge Cup race in Detroit a few weeks ago by traveling at such speed that it
broke more than one world's record for crafts of its class, thus winning the
cup. One of these was the mile trial record, the mile being covered six times at
an average speed of 1 min. 7 3/5 sec., which is at the rate of 53.25 knots, or
61.24 miles an hour. Another record was broken when it covered one five-mile lap
(nautical miles) in 6 min. l1 sec., which is at the rate of 55.8 statute miles
an hour.