Talk:Water speed record
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I can find no web reference to ‘Skimming the Surface’ by Fred Harris and Mike Rimmer’, 2001. ISBN and publisher would be great.PeterGrecian 12:34, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Was John Cobb's Crusader all aluminium ? [1] says it's "Built of birch plywood, reinforced by DTD 610B, a high tensile alloy produced by the British Aluminium Company".PeterGrecian 14:20, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Revised figure for Warby's record
I have that the record set by Warby was 511.11 kmh or 317.6mph based on a sign at Tumut near the Blowering Dam in NSW. What is the source for the 510kmh?--A Y Arktos 21:09, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Salt Water
Should there be a distinction between salt water & fresh when discussing records. I am aware of salt water records but not sure where they fit in.GrahamBould 14:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Baldwin record
Record was set in 1919, not 1909. See PBS technology timeline and others that are not copies of Wikipedia's error. Marco Thomas 16:06, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lee Taylor
The article currently says, "Taylor’s body and his destroyed craft were never recovered."
Actually, Lee Taylor's body and part of the boat were recovered ten days after the accident.
[edit] Records before Alexander Graham Bell
Any reason why records before 1919 are not shown? What about steam yachts? Take a look at the chart at [2]. Cbaer 16:12, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
