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Fastest Official Water Speed Record

Verified
511.09km/h

Spirit of Australia hydroplane

Blowering Reservoir, New South Wales, Australia

Australian driver Ken Warby set the official water speed record of about 511.09 km/h on 8 October 1978 in the jet-powered Spirit of Australia at Blowering Reservoir, New South Wales.