Coniston Water
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Coniston Water is a lake in the Lake District in North West England. It is the third largest by volume, after Windermere and Ullswater, and the fifth-largest by area. The lake has a length of 8.7 kilo
View from Holme Fell, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north
Kayaker's view of the lake
View from Peel Island facing north with Helvellyn in the distant background.
Looking south from fells onto Coniston Water.
Bluebird K7
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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 consid
Coniston Water
…hour (228.108 km/h or 123.168 kn) in Blue Bird K4. Between 1956 and 1959 Sir Malcolm's son Donald Campbell set four successive records on the lake in Bluebird K7, a hydroplane; in 1967 he was killed just after achieving a speed of over 320 miles per hour (515 km/h or 278 kn) in Bluebird K7 in a record-breaking…
Bluebird K7, in its most successful guise, on display at the Goodwood Motor Racing circuit in July 1960.
General Arrangement of Bluebird K7
Design parameters of Bluebird K7 Hydroplane
K7's RYA Unlimited Hydroplane registration