Fastest in the World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils

by John Boileau

Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments.

When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying machines, he developed hydrofoils as a means of getting airborne from water. In 1919, on the Bras d'Or lakes in Cape Breton, Bell and his collaborator Casey Baldwin broke a world speed record when their prototype HD-4 skimmed across the waves at 61.5...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088780621X
• ISBN13: 9780887806216
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Formac Publishing Company Limited
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 9.1"