Vintage Unlimited Hydroplanes from yesteryear launching from Lampson Pits at the Columbia Cup 2022

1980 Miss Budweiser, 1979 Squire Shop, 1977 Atlas Van Lines, and the 1973 Pay n Pak all roar away from the dock at the 2022 Columbia Cup

[@bblaylk]

Three Merlins and one Griffon, a symphony without bellowing announcers! Thanks so much for posting this!

[@theskullsculler7991]

If this was the Vintage Miss Rock, we'd still be watching the video! Man, I miss those boats. Never be the same...

[@chaddrumm6809]

Currently called “Confused Budweiser”!

[@EveryoneIsFightingSomeBattle]

Talk about memories!!!!! Jim Kropfeld would've been driving the Miss Bud, Chip Hanauer driving the Atlas Van Lines, Ron Synder driving that rear-cockpit Pay-n-Pak, and Tom D'Eath driving the Squire Shop.

[@timford3599]

Talk about a Hall of Fame line up of both Classic Boats and some of "The Best Drivers" ever! It's a beautiful thing to see!

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

Slower or not, I would WAY WAY rather watch these girls than the Kirby vacuum cleaners

[@Lefty-mp1mf]

Never understood why Bud went to an all red paint scheme-that gold was iconic

[@1spitkitty]

Gold paint is expensive 😅

[@AJ_KISH]

That was my request of Anheuser Busch wanting all their sponsored vehicles solid red.

[@doncurry7669]

Sorry but that would have been Dean Chenoweth driving the miss Bud in a open cockpit !! He died on the Columbia River July 31 82

[@mahcheeksajiglin6540]

That things got two speeds. Stop and hold the fuck on lol

[@rexvisitor44]

Love the sound as much as watching them run.

[@BlueLeader1]

Awesome!!! I love that these have been restored and are running. Great memories!

[@jimgray766]

Fantastic!! Rolls Royce Merlins?

[@jamesdillard3583]

I used to go to the Tri City Washington to watch them race and I was the last guy to get the Miss Budweiser driver to get his autograph

[@werewolfh7252]

merlin engine

[@chrispompano]

Last time I saw Miss Budweiser was around 1981. My family was the oldest Anheuser Busch Distributor in the U.S. in W.Pa. & they brought it for a local festival along with the Budweiser Rocket Car.

[@Spyke-lz2hl]

Weirdly, one of my favorite things to look at is the churned up water still rolling over itself after a boat drives away. It’s always fascinated me for some reason.

[@buddycat81]

despite bernie little ( may he rest in peace ) this was 1 of my favorite boats....

[@johnjaworski5445]

Sounds like his alternator belt is slipping??🤣

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool.............. 👍👍👍👍

[@silverado0938]

This is awesome. Thanks for posting.

[@williamweiss6128]

Love those and earlier vintage ones. Remember at Coeur d Alene. Jeez I'm old.