Tempo Alcoa

The Tempo Alcoa was a jet-powered hydroplane designed by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) and hydroplane driver and band leader Guy Lombardo for the sake of setting a new world speed record on water.[1]

In 1959, Lombardo was attempting a run on the absolute water speed record with the jet engine powered Tempo Alcoa when it was destroyed on a radio controlled test run doing over 250 miles per hour (400 km/h).[2]

A new record was never achieved by the Tempo Alcoa.

References

  1. ↑ Guy Lombardo, Les Staudacher and the Tempo Alcoa (1960)
  2. ↑ "U.S. Jet Boat Aims For World Speed Record". Popular Science, December 1959, p. 94.


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