LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man was killed Saturday while driving a vintage hydroplane on the Ohio River during a test run for the Madison Regatta in Madison, Indiana. The driver was identified as ...

Jon Osterberg remembers the first time he saw a hydroplane, more than 50 years ago. “I was three, maybe four,” Osterberg recalls, “walking by the headquarters of Bardahl Chemical Corporation in ...

WHEELING – Driving through the middle of downtown Wheeling at 120 mph usually will land you in a lot of trouble, especially if police officers notice you didn’t buckle a safety belt. But once a year ...

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 ...

A hydroplane driver was killed Saturday during an exhibition on the Ohio River for this weekend's Madison Regatta. Rick Beatty, 60, of Dayton, Ohio, was ejected from the open cockpit of his vintage ...

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 ...

Michigan powerboat administrator Mark Weber knows the sport from in and out of the cockpit. A champion hydroplane racer in 5 Liter to Unlimited Hydroplanes, Weber has also been the longtime race ...