Seattle attorney Jerry Bangs was the third victim in the history of hydroplane racing on Lake Washington.

Hydroplane boat racing accidents. This was the Presidents Cup Regattas first fatality. Racer dies after Mulwala hydroplane crash. Note the custom hand throttle.

Bill Muncey and Buddy Byers both drivers and Les Staudacher designer of most of the big hydroplanes. Incident edit edit source Its the international Hot Boat Association finals in Chandler Arizona. Ed lost his armhand driving Moonshine Baby E-54 in 1960.

Unlimited-hydroplane driver George Stratton died yesterday in San Diego after flipping during a test run. Home Boats Love of racing Hydroplanes. He used this rig on the Kankakee.

Link to H1 Unlimited website. Ed Barko getting out of his S-4 The Vagabond in 1962 at Celina. Lawrence River at Brockville.

Lawrence River in eastern Ontario. John Cross in a still from a tribute video posted online. Frietag was knocked unconscious and drowned.

Bangs was a prominent trial lawyer who loved boat racing as a hobby. The majority of the H1 boats are powered by turbine-engines that produce 3000 horsepower allowing the H1 Unlimited hydroplanes to reach speeds of nearly 200 mph producing a massive 60-foot tall 300-foot long wall of water. Mathieu Daoust 32 died Sunday June 30 in a hydroplaning race on the St.