The Bluebird Project

Simple, ease of operation on water, multiple starts with no waiting , operating in a remote location, plus an experienced team with electric start jet engines,

If the boat was being fired up at an airport every time, air start would be perfect , but it’s not

That was my first run... In a jet boat.... I hit my own wake from idling down to turn around, and get it on the plane, it wriggled in the back slightly as I hit the wake, I got off it a bit..... Taree is only a couple of Kms long, I had a bunch of runs today, a tad over 110mph, the boat tracks strai...

Was it just me or did anyone else feel uncomfortable when that guy was dangling that camera near the intake? Cheers Wayne . The guy with he camera is a retired RAAF Wing commander ( on the 1978 WWSR team), he was the CO for the 2 guys either side of the engine who are RAAF jet engine mechanics ( ap...

A gorgeous little engine is the Adour, but teeny-tiny compared to an Oly'. It's the engine they use in the Jaguar and Hawk and it's about two-thirds the size of an Orph' Red Arrows Adour.jpg We seriously looked at the Adour, but for our design, it's way to short, we didn't want a burner, Look at th...

How many times! It's not a shoe - they were briefly fitted the front of the sponsons and deleted very early on. It's a planing WEDGE! Rear shoe.. Ski, wedge, rear sponson...or railway sleeper cut on an angle... Can depend on where in the world you are..... And where you got your edumactaishin .. :m...

Mike Bull wrote: Sure, we rub some people up the wrong way sometimes.

Oh.... I thought that was us

I think this pic was taken when KW was in England during 1979,.. He will get on here to confirm where and when

An Oregon, or plywood star is all he would need.....

i think KW is a member of the K7 club....I'm sure Leo Villa mentioned it when he was a guest ( via video) the night KW was on "This is your life" down here.....I have a pic of him with a plaque somewhere

Hmmm... ok... one's White, and the other is Blue....