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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. K7 was the first successful jet-powered hydroplane, and was considered revolutionary when launched in ...
The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 is a gas turbine-powered vehicle that was driven by Donald Campbell and achieved the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in Australia on 17 July 1964. The vehicle set the FIA world record for the flying mile at 403.1 mph (648.7 km/h).
David Aldred helped restore Donald Campbell's Bluebird and is now constructing a new boat in his garage. ... 1955 and 1964 before he was killed in a crash attempting to beat his own times in 1967 ...
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Donald Campbell [5] 1967-01-04 Coniston Water: Bluebird K7: Lee Taylor [6] 1980-11-13 Lake Tahoe: Discovery II Test run Craig Arfons [7] 1989-07-09 Lake Jackson:
Campbell died in 1967 as he attempted a new water speed record on Coniston Water. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Malcolm Campbell named them "Blue Bird", Donald "Bluebird". The hydroplane K4 began life as Malcolm's "Blue Bird" , but when Donald decided to use her in 1949, after his father's death, he renamed her "Bluebird" .