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Campbell was killed in January 1967 when Bluebird somersaulted as he attempted to push his world water speed record past 300mph (480km/h) on Coniston Water. The craft has been on show at the ...
Having been recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water 34 years later, it was rebuilt by a team of engineers on Tyneside. After a long-running ownership row, it was handed over to the Ruskin ...
Donald Campbell's record-breaking Bluebird will run again on Coniston Water after a 23-year restoration project, the Ruskin Museum has announced as the boat was returned to the Lake District.
British speed record breaker Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird K7 "will run again on Coniston Water", according to the museum where it is now housed. The hydroplane was transported from a workshop ...
Coniston Water may be Lake District's third largest ... speeding 140 mph-plus in Blue Bird K4. Today the neighbourhood moves at safer slower pace, one allcomers can best enjoy within cosseted ...
But it tragically crashed and sank to the bottom of Coniston water back in 1967, taking Campbell with it. Gina Campbell with the restored Bluebird K7 before it takes to the water for the first ...
Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird K7, will run again on Coniston Water, the Ruskin Museum has announced at its homecoming press conference. The hydroplane's wreckage was recovered in 2001 after its ...
Donald Campbell's famous Bluebird boat will sail again on Coniston Water. The record-breaking Bluebird K7 has been fixed up and is now at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, Cumbria. Donald Campbell ...