John Peeters, holder of over 60 race-boat records, at the helm. Woody Marshall. Big Bird will be familiar to racing fans as the vessel, built by legend Ed Karelsen, which won many races powered by gas ...

Last June, he flew the Helios Horizon plane 16,300 feet over Lake Tahoe, breaking the world altitude record for an electric plane weighing less than 500 kilograms, or about 1,100 pounds.