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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 January 1955. Campbell and K7 were responsible for adding almost 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) to the water speed record, taking it from existing mark of 178 miles per hour (286 km/h) to just over 276 miles per hour (444 km/h). Donald Campbell was killed in an accident with a much modified K7, on 4 January 1967, whilst making a bid for his eighth water speed record, with his aim to raise the record to over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) on Coniston Water.
The wreckage was recovered between 2000 and 2007, while Campbell's body was recovered in 2001. The restored hydroplane underwent crew training and a shakedown in 2018.[1]
BluebirdK7 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...
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Ullswater on 23 July 1955, when he piloted the jet-propelled hydroplane "BluebirdK7" to a speed of 202.32 mph (325.53 km/h). Ullswater Lake is a popular...
The song inspired an effort to recover both Campbell's body and the "BluebirdK7," the boat which Campbell crashed in, from the water. The recovery was...
workshop, where the ill-fated BluebirdK7 was designed and built, was on the car park behind Samlesbury Hall. BluebirdK7 was the turbo jet-engined hydroplane...
and crash. This is what happened to both Slo-mo-shun and (possibly) BluebirdK7. K4 set one world water speed record on 19 August 1939 on Coniston Water...
lake in BluebirdK7, 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 BluebirdK7 in a...
in 1960, driving the Proteus Bluebird. Campbell died as a result of a crash while driving his jet hydroplane BluebirdK7 in a record attempt on Coniston...
31 December 1964, travelling at 444.66 km/h (276.3 mph) in his boat BluebirdK7. A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent...
diesel going on to power the Seddon truck carrying Donald Campbell's BluebirdK7 racing boat. Cummins then gradually expanded downwards, with the 10 litre...
which Donald Campbell broke 200 mph (322 km/h) on 23 July 1955 in the BluebirdK7. Gabelich was seriously injured in the crash of an experimental 4 wheel...
station Donald Campbell (1967) – decapitated in crash of his hydroplane BluebirdK7 during world water speed record attempt in Coniston Water. Chris Bristow...
of Southworth family hanged, drawn and quartered as a Catholic martyr BluebirdK7 – World record holding speedboat built at Samlesbury Notes Lofthouse...
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the land speed record car, Thunderbolt. Also used for the bodywork of BluebirdK7 used for the Coniston speed record attempt by Donald Campbell. The well...
numbers 709 (destroyed by FOD in testing) and 711 (running) powered the BluebirdK7 hydroplane in which Donald Campbell was killed whilst attempting the...
(480 km/h) and apparently reached that speed in his jet-powered hydrofoil BluebirdK7 on Coniston Water, a lake in Lancashire, England. Campbell had reached...
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