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Donald Campbell’s record-breaking hydroplane, Bluebird K7 has been reunited with the World Water Speed Trophy for the first time since Donald Campbell CBE’s tragic death on Coniston Water in 1967.
Bluebird K7, the iconic water ... Among the crowd was Gina Campbell, the daughter of Bluebird's famous pilot Donald Campbell who died in 1967 in a high speed crash on Coniston Water.
Iconic 1967 British Bluebird to soar again .. with a Red Arrows' jet engine On 4th January 1967 Donald Campbell CBE tried for the 300mph World Water Speed Record on Coniston Water in Bluebird K7 ...
Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 hydroplane has gone on show close to where it was built 70 years ago. The craft was built at Samlesbury Engineering, which was situated next to Samlesbury Hall, Preston.
Donald Campbell, 45, was trying to set a new water speed record in the Lake District in January 1967 when K7 crashed and disintegrated. The wreckage, along with Campbell’s body, was not ...
A historic hydroplane's engines are to be refurbished as part of efforts to get the vessel back on the water. Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7, which set seven world water speed records between 1955 ...
Daniel Gaunt, 15, whose family love the story of Donald Campbell, created a model replica of the Bluebird K7. He said: "I first went to Coniston in 2023 when I was 13-years-old and I just got into ...
Donald Campbell’s record-breaking hydroplane, Bluebird K7 has been reunited with the World Water Speed Trophy for the first time since Donald Campbell CBE’s tragic death on Coniston Water in 1967.
Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7, which set seven world water speed records between 1955 and 1967, was recovered from Coniston Water in 2001 and is currently being restored.
Donald Campbell's record-breaking Bluebird K7 is set to make a one-day visit to one of Hampshire's top attractions. The jet-powered hydroplane will be displayed at the National Motor Museum at ...
A historic hydroplane's engines are to be refurbished as part of efforts to get the vessel back on the water. Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7, which set seven world water speed records between 1955 ...
Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7, which set seven world water speed records between 1955 and 1967, was recovered from Coniston Water in 2001 and is currently being restored.