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Friday, 02 November 2012 17:26 |
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Saturday, 22 September 2012 09:19 |
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 Ed having a little fun while on vacation in Chelan with friends Mark Evans and John Walcker of the 57 team.
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Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:34 |
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 Ed can't help himself while visiting former driver Mitch Evans in the pits at the Madison Regatta.
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 RUSS SCHLEEH--"THE FLYING COLONEL"--REMEMBERED
By Fred Farley - H1 Unlimited Historian
Russ Schleeh, one of the most distinguished men ever to pilot an Unlimited hydroplane, passed away on May 6, 2012, at his
home in Mission Viejo, California. He was 93.
"The Flying Colonel" raced boats between 1955 and 1963. He is the only Unlimited driver to appear on the cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (in 1957).
As a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Schleeh test-flew the Boeing XB-47 jet bomber and was involved in many other important
projects for the military establishment.
Through his ties with the Boeing Company, Schleeh became acquainted with members of the hydroplane racing community in the
Pacific Northwest. One of these--Ted Jones, the leading designer of Unlimiteds--was especially impressed with Russ and invited him
to drive REBEL SUH (U-11), a new Allison-powered hydroplane that Jones co-owned with Kirn Armistead.
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 The sport of Unlimited hydroplane racing lost a great racer on Sunday.
Fred Leland was a driver, owner and boat builder. And, he was a Champion.
Leland died at his Kirkland, Washington home after a long battle with cancer. He was 74.
Go3 Racing Team owner Ed Cooper, Jr. was his competitor on the race course, and his friend away from the water.
Cooper remembered his friend as, "One of the really good guys in the sport. He'll be missed by many."
Leland got his start in hydroplane racing in 1968, purchasing a 5 liter hydro. He soon progressed up to the top class of the Unlimiteds as a driver. Fred never drove any of the top flight hydros. His career as a driver lasted from 1976 to 1984.
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