A Hydroplane is a kind of speedboat. Did you by any chance mean to ask about "Aquaplaning"????
Hydroplane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Never mind. Accuracy has never been seen as particurlarly important on PPRuNe.
Amazing the new class of "intellectuals" we are getting out there who think an entry in a free encyclopedia, written by anyone who feels like it, is a supporting argument.
I wouldn't argue the point that quoting a freely editable encyclopedia to back an argument is pretty dubious...
But, to be fair to Wikipedia, the article quoted has
immediately under the title:
"This article is about a specific type of motorboat. For other uses, see Hydroplaning."
