211, 218–26, 218–29

runners 214–15, 231–3

testing the prototype 238–9, 238–41

‘slingshot’ effect, slipstreaming 29

slipstreaming: animals 32–3, 33–5

bicycles 14, 16–22, 28, 29, 30–1,

38–45, 40–5, 56

science of 24–7

snow: making artificial 236

science of 212–15

ski slopes 230–1

skiing on 215

sledging on 205–6

snowflakes 214

Snowy Mountains 210

Snozone, Castleford 236, 238–41
South Staffordshire Hydroplane and
Speedboat Club 172

Southampton 150

Southampton University 84, 94, 102,

104–13, 114–15, 124, 234

Soviet navy 116

speed records: bicycles 13, 14, 19–22

human-powered flight 77, 84–7

sleds 205, 206, 211

spinning, gyroscopic stability 147

Spitfire 94, 100, 175

Sports Science Service 54

stalling, aircraft 88, 91

Stobart, Eddie 40

Stocks, John William 17

stones, skimming on water 142, 145, 147

Stork 85

Storm Geomatics 189

streamlining, speed skiing 215

SUHPA (Southampton University

Human Powered Aircraft) 104–13,
104–13, 114, 124–31, 124–35, 173

SUMPAC (Southampton University

Man Powered Aircraft) 77, 84, 85, 86,

94, 114–15, 114, 115

Sunderland flying boats 100

Supermarine Aviation Works 94

Supermarine S.6B 100

supersled see sleds

Suzuki RM Z450 175

adapting 150–8, 150–9, 176–83

record attempt 192–9, 192–201

test runs 184–9, 184–9

swans, aquaplaning 164–5, 165

swimming 168–71

Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire

112, 128–31

T

Talbot 21

Talladega 29

Tamar, River 156

tandems, motor pacing 16

Team Airglow 131

Telford, Thomas 188

Tempelhof airport, Berlin 83

thermals 91

thrust: aquaplaning 166

cavitation effect 160, 160–1

flying 94, 97, 98, 105

hydroplaning 143, 146–7, 148–9, 152,

156–8

Thrust car 226

TIG welding 48

Tindale, Ben 106–11, 113, 124

Tindale Systems 106

toboggans 205–6, 208–9, 210, 211, 214,

219–25

Tokyo 85

Tour de France 28, 60, 100

traction 146, 213

trains, motor pacing 19–20, 20

triplet cycles 16

Trott, Laura 30–1, 55, 56, 56–7
trucks: hydroplaning 142

slipstreaming behind 29, 38–45,

40–5, 66–70, 68–71

turbulence 27, 29, 119
tyres: bicycles 48

hydroplaning 140, 140, 146–7, 150,

152–6, 155–6, 158, 159, 184, 192

V

Vanderstuyft, Leon 20, 21

W

Walkinshaw (Tom) Racing 38

Wallis, Barnes 142, 184

Walthour, Bobby 17–18, 20

water: cavitation effect 158, 160–1, 160–1

cutting with 177–8, 177
hydroplaning motorbikes 136–201
ice and snow 212–13

skimming stones on 142, 145, 147

walking through 26

weight: flying 94, 95, 97–9

hydroplaning 146–7 weightlessness 98

welding 45, 48

Welsh TT motorcycle races 64

Western Waterjet 177

Westgate, Guy 88–91, 89, 105, 174–5

Whyte 46 mountain bikes 13

Williams, Amy 205, 212, 234–5, 234–40

Williams, David 115

wind tunnels 111–13, 120–3

wings: birds 116–17, 116–19

control surfaces 106, 107

gliders 88

human-powered flight 104, 105–11,

107, 121

science of flying 94–5, 96, 112–13

Winter Olympics, Vancouver (2010) 212,

234–5

winter sports 208–11

Wright, Wilbur and Orville 81, 82

Wright Flyer 82

Wrottesley, Lord 218–20, 218, 225, 226

X

Xscape centres 236

Z

Zakopane 209

Zaschka, Engelbert 83, 83

index   255