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On 7 December 2006, Gina Campbell, Donald's daughter, formally donated Bluebird as recovered from Coniston Water in or around 2001, the associated parts of the vessel both recovered and unrecovered, and all other associated items and objects, recovered and unrecovered, including clothing and overalls of Donald Campbell to the Museum, on behalf ...
Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964).
Bluebird K7, in its most successful guise, on display at the Goodwood Motor Racing circuit in July 1960.. Bluebird K7 is a jet engined hydroplane in which Britain's Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records between 1955 and 1967.
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The name Blue Bird was originally inspired by the play of that name by Maurice Maeterlinck, [1] and the vehicles were painted a shade of azure blue.. Malcolm Campbell had a succession of Darracq racing cars in the 1920s, which in the fashion of the day he had named 'Flapper I' , 'Flapper II' and 'Flapper III' .
The Miami-Dade Police Department arrived at the beach around 8:40 a.m. after receiving multiple reports about a human head on the sand. The head was originally found by a worker raking the beach ...
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) recovered the body of 22-year-old John Michael Jackson from Kentucky Lake at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27 ...
Randy Hill (1993) – decapitated in stunt car challenge; in a botched attempt at a mid-air collision, Hill's car was too low, its roof was sheared off, and Hill's head was crushed. [14] Russell Phillips (1995) – decapitated in racing car crash at Charlotte Motor Speedway; Eldon Hoke (1997) – decapitated by a train