num_pages: 96
description: Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments.When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying machines, he developed hydrofoils as a means of getting airborne from water. In 1919, on the Bras d'Or lakes in Cape Breton, Bell and his collaborator Casey Baldwin broke a world speed record when their prototype HD-4 skimmed across the waves at 61.5 knots.Fifty years later, the Canadian navy set a record for the fastest speed of any warship with their hydrofoil craft, HMCS Bras d'Or .In Fastest in the World , John Boileau tells the story of the naval architects and engineers, excited by the prospect of developing high-speed submarine chasers, who built this world-class vessel.This book examines how, just when Canada was on the brink of taking a unique role in anti-submarine warfare, the government withdrew support for the Bras d'Or . The orphaned vessel is now on view at the Maritime Museum of Quebec at l'Islet near Quebec City.Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart BaddeckChapter 1 — Bell &amp; BaldwinChapter 2 — "A Boat Which is Not a Boat"Chapter 3 — End of An EraPart Bras d'OrChapter 4 — The Canadian Hydrofoil ProjectChapter 5 — Remembering Bell &amp; BaldwinChapter 6 — The New Bras d'OrChapter 7 — Bras d'Or Flies ... &amp; FallsChapter 8 — Not Made in CanadaChronology of Hydrofoil DevelopmentAbbreviations &amp; GlossarySelect BibliographyPhoto CreditsIndex
language: English
title: Fastest in the World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils
titlecomplete: Fastest in the World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils (Formac Illustrated History)
genres: History
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Formac Publishing Ltd.