Links and Bibliography
Links
www.thunderboats.org -- link to the Hydroplane Museum and Raceboat Musuem, the most active Hydroplane restoration museum in the world!
www.hydroprop.com -- Hydro Prop -- the sanctioning body for Unlimited Hydroplane Racing
www.apba-boatracing.com -- the American Power Boat Association (the national sanctioning body for boat racing)
Web Articles
Note: The following links may move as the result of a planned reorganization of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum Web Site. If these links don't work, try going directly to www.thunderboats.org or www.hydroprop.com and open the history page.
www.thunderboats.org/bud01.htm - The Miss Budweiser Story (Fred Farley, make sure you don't miss any of the four parts)
www.thunderboats.org/bernie.htm - Bernie Little - King of Boats (Fred Farley)
www.thunderboats.org/missus.htm - George Simon Remembered (Fred Farley, Miss U.S. Team History)
Bibliography
Unlimited Hydroplanes
Stephen A. Garey, Bill Muncey - Boat Racing Legend, Unlimiteds Detroit, Detroit MI, 1982
Tony Hogg, Thunderboating with Bill Muncey, Tony Hogg Publications, Newport Beach CA, 1978
Paul B. Lowney and Joann Bower Ed, This is Thunderboating, Paul B. Lowney, Seattle WA, 1959
Jim Sharkey, Hydro's Who's Who 1946-1997, Jim Sharkey, Anaheim Hills CA
Seafair - Fifty Years of Memories, Seafair, Seattle WA, 1999
1975 APBA Rule Book, American Power Boat Association (APBA) St. Clair Shores, MI, 1975
1999 Technical Rule Book, Unlimited Hydroplane Racing Association (UHRA), 1999
Engines and Engine Related
Allison Service School Hand Book (ALD-SSH4) for V1710 Models "E" and "F" Engines, Allison Division General Motors, 1943
Allison Overhaul and Service Parts Catalog for V1710-F10R, F10L, and F4R Engines, Allison Division General Motors, 1943
Allison Operation, Maintenance and Overhaul Handbook (V1710-"F" Type Engines), Allison Division General Motors, 1942A. A. Rubbra, Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, Crescent Books (Random House), NY, 1998
Note: The above is a reproduction of Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1940-1945 originally published by Jane's Publishing Company in 1946
Rolls-Royce Piston Aero Engines - A Designer Remembers, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby England, 1990
TO 6R1-3-6-13 Technical Manual (Overhaul) Injection Carburetor PT-13G5, USAF 1982
Victor Bingham, Major Piston Aero Engines of World War II, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury England, 1998
David Birch, Rolls-Royce and the Mustang, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby England, 1983
Dustin W. Carter & Birch J. Mathews, Mustang - The Racing Thoroughbred, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, West Chester PA, 1992
Bill Gunston, The development of Piston Aero Engines, Haynes Publishing, 1999
Bill Gunston, World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 4th ed, Patrick Stevens Ltd, Somerset England, 1998
Alec Harvey-Bailey, The Merlin in Perspective - The Combat Years, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby England, 1983
Alec Harvey-Bailey and Dave Piggott, The Merlin 100 Series, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby England, 1993
Lionel S. Marks, Marks' Handbook (fifth edition), McGraw-Hill, 1951
Hooker, Reed, Yarker, "The Performance of a Supercharged Aero Engine, Rolls-Royce, Derby England, 1941
Herschel Smith, A History of Aircraft Piston Engines, McGraw Hill, 1981
Graham White, Allied Aircraft Piston Engine of World War II, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale PA, 1995
Daniel D. Whitney, Vee's for Victory! - The Story of Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen PA, 1998
Hydroplane Programs and Souvenir Magazines
Seafair Regatta Magazine - 1956
Seafair Gold Cup Regatta Magazine - 1959
A.P.B.A Unlimited Hydroplane 1966-1967 Yearbook
Miss Budweiser - 1969 Press Information Souvenir Magazine
Seafair Silver Aniversary Official Souvenir Magazine - 1974
Miss Budweiser - 1980 Press Information Souvenir Magazine
Seafair Sea Galley-APB 1981 Gold Cup Program
Tri-Cities Columbia Cup Program - 1982
Miss Budweiser - 1984 Press Information Souvenir Magazine