Donald Campbell
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Donald Malcolm Campbell was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land a
Campbell in c. 1960
Bluebird K7 on display at Goodwood Motor Racing circuit in 1960
Bluebird CN7 on display at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.
Memorial plaque for Donald Campbell, in Coniston village
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
Donald Campbell
…new Bluebird boat to bring the water speed record back to Britain. In early 1953, Campbell began development of his own advanced all-metal jet-powered Bluebird K7 hydroplane to challenge the record, by now held by the American prop rider hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV.[1] Designed by Ken and Lew Norris, the K7 was a…
General Arrangement of Bluebird K7
Design parameters of Bluebird K7 Hydroplane
K7's RYA Unlimited Hydroplane registration