The Tempo Alcoa was a jet-powered hydroplane designed by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) and hydroplane driver and band leader Guy Lombardo for the sake of setting a new world speed record on water. In 1959, Lombardo was attempting a run on the absolute water speed record with the jet engine-powered Tempo Alcoa when it was destroyed on a radio-controlled test run doing over ."U.S. Jet Boat Aims For World Speed Record"
''Popular Science'', December 1959, p. 94. A new record was never achieved by the Tempo Alcoa.

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