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Freak boat that flies on stilts, 1952
Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1952-03-26. Reporter: Phister. Assignment: Freak boat that flies on stilts. 16 or 17: Closeup of Allyn B. "Hap" Hazard, 27 years, of 1317 1/2 South Gladys St., San Gabriel, mechanical engineer, developer operator & owner of 'boat that flies'---shown after testing boat at Long Beach Marine Stadium. 38-39, 42-43, 72-73, 96-97, 01-02, 24-25, 44-45, 48-49, 32-33: Action shots of Hazard putting his experimental boat through high-speed paces, when boat rises about two feet over water and travels on metal vanes extending into water. Boat 'flies on stilts'. Closeups of one of the vanes and its control, shown by Hazard".
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