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H1 Unlimited, the Glossary

H1 Unlimited is an American Unlimited Hydroplane racing league that is sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association (APBA).^[1]

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Aircraft engine

An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system.

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American Power Boat Association

The American Power Boat Association (APBA) is an American membership-owned corporation. H1 Unlimited and American Power Boat Association are motorboat racing.

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APBA

APBA (pronounced "APP-bah") is a game company founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Bardahl

Bardahl is a brand of petroleum oil additives, lubricants and gasoline additives for motor vehicles and internal combustion engines made by Bardahl Manufacturing Corporation in Seattle, Washington.

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Bernie Little

Bernie Little (born in McComb, Ohio, USA c. 1926 - died April 25, 2003) was the most successful owner in Unlimited Hydroplane racing history.

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Bill Muncey

William Edward Muncey (November 12, 1928 – October 18, 1981) was an American hydroplane racing legend from Detroit, Michigan. H1 Unlimited and Bill Muncey are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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Boeing CH-47 Chinook

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

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Chip Hanauer

Lee Edward "Chip" Hanauer (born July 1, 1954, in Seattle) is the third most successful Unlimited Hydroplane racer in history. H1 Unlimited and Chip Hanauer are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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Cobh

Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.

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Curtiss OX-5

The Curtiss OX-5 was an early V-8 American liquid-cooled aircraft engine built by Curtiss.

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Dave Villwock

Dave Villwock (born February 10, 1954) is a hydroplane driver, known best for racing Unlimited Hydroplanes.

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Dean Chenoweth

Dean Alan Chenoweth (August 27, 1937 – July 31, 1982) was an American hydroplane racing pilot.

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Edgar Fosburgh Kaiser Sr. (July 29, 1908 – December 7, 1981) was an American industrialist, who was Chairman of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, the Kaiser Cement Corporation and the Kaiser Steel Corporation.

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Fluid dynamics

In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases.

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Gale V

Gale V was an unlimited hydroplane that raced in the 1950s. H1 Unlimited and Gale V are hydroplanes.

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Garfield Wood

Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. H1 Unlimited and Garfield Wood are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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Guy Lombardo

Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades.

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HAPO Columbia Cup

The HAPO Columbia Cup is an H1 Unlimited hydroplane boat race held each July on the Columbia River in Columbia Park, Tri-Cities, Washington. H1 Unlimited and HAPO Columbia Cup are hydroplanes, motorboat racing and racing motorboats.

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Hispano-Suiza 8

The Hispano-Suiza 8 is a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914 that went on to become the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War.

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Honeywell T55

The Honeywell T55 (formerly Lycoming; company designation LTC-4) is a turboshaft engine used on American helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft (in turboprop form) since the 1950s, and in unlimited hydroplanes since the 1980s.

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Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.

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Hydroplane (boat)

A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a fast motorboat, where the hull shape is such that at speed, the weight of the boat is supported by planing forces, rather than simple buoyancy. H1 Unlimited and hydroplane (boat) are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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Hydroplane racing

Hydroplane racing (also known as hydro racing) is a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes, rivers, and bays. H1 Unlimited and hydroplane racing are hydroplanes and motorboat racing.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Liberty L-12

The Liberty L-12 is an American water-cooled 45° V-12 aircraft engine displacing and making designed for a high power-to-weight ratio and ease of mass production.

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Lycoming Engines

Lycoming Engines is a major American manufacturer of aircraft engines.

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Madison, Indiana

Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Marine propulsion

Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water.

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Miss Bardahl

Miss Bardahl was an Unlimited Hydroplane that raced from 1957 to 1969. H1 Unlimited and Miss Bardahl are hydroplanes.

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Miss Budweiser

The Miss Budweiser were 22 hydroplanes sponsored by Budweiser beer that raced in the unlimited class under the U-12 banner. H1 Unlimited and Miss Budweiser are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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Miss Madison

Miss Madison is an H1 Unlimited hydroplane team. H1 Unlimited and Miss Madison are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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Miss Thriftway

Miss Thriftway was an unlimited hydroplane in the 1950s and 1960s. H1 Unlimited and Miss Thriftway are hydroplanes.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Pay 'n Pak

Pay 'n Pak was a home improvement chain that was based out of Kent, Washington.

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Planing (boat)

Planing is the mode of operation for a waterborne craft in which its weight is predominantly supported by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift (buoyancy).

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Rolls-Royce Griffon

The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a British 37-litre (2,240 cu in) capacity, 60-degree V-12, liquid-cooled aero engine designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited.

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Rolls-Royce Merlin

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity.

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Ron Musson

Ronald J. Musson (died June 19, 1966) was a hydroplane driver from Akron, Ohio.

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Roof shingle

Roof shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements.

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Seafair Cup

The Seafair Cup (branded as the HomeStreet Bank Cup for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the Albert Lee Appliance Cup), is an H1 Unlimited hydroplane boat race held annually in late July and early August on Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington.

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Steering

Steering is the control of the direction of motion or the components that enable its control.

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Tahoe Miss

Tahoe Miss was an unlimited hydroplane owned by casino owner Bill Harrah. H1 Unlimited and Tahoe Miss are hydroplanes.

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Tom D'Eath

Tom D’Eath is an American hydroplane and racecar driver from Michigan.

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Union Internationale Motonautique

The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) is the international governing body of powerboating, based in the Principality of Monaco. H1 Unlimited and Union Internationale Motonautique are motorboat racing.

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William Cantrell

William "Wild Bill" Cantrell (born in West Point, Kentucky, January 31, 1908 - died January 22, 1996) was a power boat and IndyCar driver. H1 Unlimited and William Cantrell are hydroplanes and racing motorboats.

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William F. Harrah

William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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2009 H1 Unlimited season

The 2009 H1 Unlimited season is the fifty fourth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplane, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body.

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2010 H1 Unlimited season

The 2010 H1 Unlimited season was the fifty-fifth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplanes, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body.

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2011 H1 Unlimited season

The 2011 H1 Unlimited season was the fifty sixth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplane, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1_Unlimited

Also known as ABRA Unlimited Hydroplane, APBA Unlimited Hydroplane, American Boat Racing Association.

H1 Unlimited, the Glossary

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See also

Auto racing organizations

Hydroplanes

Motorboat racing

Motorsport in the United States

Racing motorboats

Sports leagues established in 1946

Sports leagues in the United States

References