Joe G.Schulte

[Ron Hill]

Today, February 17, 2012 I was posting on Hydroracer.net with Joe John Schulte. I just did a search here on BRF and can't find a mention of Joe. Seems we could tell a few stories, factual and otherwise about Joe.

http://www.hydroracer.net/forums/sho...t=23116&page=3

[bill boyes]

I have many.

[bill boyes]

Many do not know this
Joe was a Captain for TWA and loved flying the Convair 880.
Well, he was taking a 880 flight out of Tuson (TUS) to Las Vegas and the Controllers were on a slow down or something. So Joe files a VFR flight plan. (visual flight rules) out of TUS. Anyway Joe takes the 800 with passengers a tour of the Grand Canyon. Not just a flyover a TOUR.
Just think if that happened today. Joe did not get off as he did get a few days on the beach.

[joejohn44]

hey, Gang, It took me a minute to re-register on this site, but looks like I made it! I still have photos of dad and Ted May playing with their c hydros ON THE GROUNDS at LAX in a pond. they poured gas on the water, lit it and were driving their canvas decked boats through the fire....can you imagine THAT today? They would be all over the news!!! once they were released from jail, that is... WOW...

[joejohn44]

BTW...Thank you, Ron and Bill. I love remembering my dad and telling some of his stories. Thank you for this thread. Of course, most of my stories have to do with last 15 years or so of his racing career...I want to hear about the first 15. One story I DO know about has to do with he and my mom living in Cairo Egypt in 1955...It seems King Faruk bragged about owning the fastest boat in the country. It was some kind of cruiser that would go about 30...Dad smuggled in his B runabout. He got up early one morning and put it in the water in the Nile river. he buzzed around for awhile, and when he got back to where he launched, he was confronted by about 20 egyptian soldiers with automatic rifles pointed at him. They were convinced he was some kind of Israeli agent or something...

[Ron Hill]

No question in my mind, if Joe and Ted were around today, some of their "Antics" if that is the right word, would have them in JAIL for sure.

Ted May had had a "RUN IN" with the officials at Lake Perris, and for his punishment, he had to work on the judge's stand at the next race.

Well, the next race was on Sunday, January 1, 1961. (My brother figured there would be no football games on New Year's Sunday, and having a race, everyone would just his club, which I think was the Valley Speedboat Association. Actually, I'm not sure of the year).

Ted worked as the flagman all day, and didn't complain. Seems this was the first time I ever saw Joe Schulte. He had this yellow Rinker, with only a fin on the chine, and a three blade brass prop.

Seems we'd heard that Joe won the Winnebagoland Marathon (Joe John said 2 or 3 times)...Anyway, Joe went roaring down the first turn and turned that Rinker on its side and surprised everyone how fast it turned and how fast he went. Seems Joe might not have won this race, be everyone was really impressed anyway!