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Bluebird K7 was speedster Donald Campbell's hydroplane and the vehicle with which he set four world speed records at Coniston Water. Campbell died on the fifth Coniston record attempt, on January ...
Donald Campbell’s AC Aceca 'Bluebird' is now on display at the Lakeland Motor Museum. The car, once owned and used by Campbell between 1954 and 1956, is on loan from its current owner, Kevin Shilling, ...
The Story of Donald Campbell and the Bluebird K7. 2 Nov 2018, 15:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Bluebird K7 and her pilot, Donald Campbell, are the holders of several speed records on water ...
Following the return of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird K7 to Cumbria last summer, ‘Campbell Fever’ shows no sign of abating as this July marks the 70th Anniversary of his 1955 First World Water Speed ...
When it comes to Fridays, Donald Campbell would rather not.It was a Friday in 1960 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats when he climbed into his 4,250-h.p. Bluebird and became a helpless prisoner as ...
Donald Campbell's Bluebird has had a new jet engine installed as part of efforts to run the record-breaking craft in the Lake District next year. The hydroplane was transported from Coniston's ...
Shortly after Sir Malcolm Campbell died in 1948, his son Donald learned that a U.S. sportsman was preparing an assault on Sir Malcolm’s world water-speed record of 141.74 m.p.h. “By God, they ...