Who raised the land speed record to over 394mph driving the Railton Special in 1947, he died on Loch Ness in 1952 in an attempt to break the water speed record?
"K4"" was by now 12 years old, with a 20-year-old engine, and Campbell struggled to reach the speeds of the Seattle-built boat. In late 1951, she was written-off when it suffered a structural failure at on Coniston Water. At this time, yet another land speed driver entered the fray. Englishman John Cobb, was hoping to reach in his jet-powered ""Crusader"". A radical design, the ""Crusader"" reversed the ‘three-pointer’ design, placing the sponsons at the rear of the hull. On 29 September 1952 Cobb tried to beat the world record on Loch Ness but, while travelling at an estimated , ""Crusader""'s"
"age of 52 on 29 September 1952 whilst attempting to break the world Water Speed Record at Loch Ness in Scotland, piloting the jet engine-powered speedboat ""Crusader"" at a speed in excess of . During the run the speedboat hit an unexplained wake in the water and disintegrated about Cobb, killing him instantly. His body, which had been thrown 50 yards beyond the wreckage by the vehicle's stalled momentum, was recovered from the loch and conveyed back to his home county of Surrey, where it was buried in the graveyard of Christ Church, Esher. A memorial was subsequently erected on"
"Henry Segrave Sir Henry O'Neil de Hane Segrave (22 September 1896 – 13 June 1930) was an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Segrave, who set three land and one water record, was the first person to hold both titles simultaneously and the first person to travel at over in a land vehicle. He died in an accident in 1930 shortly after setting a new world water speed record on Windermere in the Lake District, England. The Segrave Trophy was established to commemorate his life. Segrave, who was a British national, was born on 22 September"
"157mph. K7 was exhibited at the Bute Highland games on 11 August 2011 and participated in the massed pipe band procession through the town of Rothesay. Donald Campbell Donald Malcolm Campbell, (23 March 19214 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. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He died during a water speed record attempt at Coniston Water in the Lake District, England. Donald Campbell was born at Canbury"
"Sir Henry Segrave's twin-engined water speed record boat ""Miss England II"", this craft being ready for trials on Windermere by June 1930. On Friday 13 June, Segrave was fatally injured and a Rolls-Royce technical advisor, Victor Halliwell, was killed when ""Miss England II"" capsized at high speed after possibly hitting a log. Shortly before his death Segrave learnt that he had set a new water speed record of just under 100 mph (160 km/h). On 18 July 1932, Kaye Don set a new world water speed record of on Loch Lomond in a new boat, ""Miss England III"", which also"
"1939 on Coniston Water, Lancashire, at 141.740 mph (228.108 km/h or 123.168 kn). After World War II, Sir Malcolm unsuccessfully re-engined K4 with a de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine but did not gain any records. The new superstructure did gain the nickname "" 'The Coniston Slipper' "". Donald Campbell (Malcolm's son) had not previously attempted record-breaking, but after Sir Malcolm's death at the end of 1948, the threat of an American challenge to his water speed record spurred him to defend it. Under the terms of his will, Sir Malcolm's possessions, including the record breakers, were auctioned off and Donald"
"purpose-built turbojet Hydroplane, ""Crusader"", with a target speed of over , and began trials on Loch Ness in autumn 1952. Cobb was killed later that year, when Crusader broke up, during an attempt on the record. Campbell was devastated at Cobb's loss, but he resolved to build a new Bluebird boat to bring the WSR 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 steel framed,"
"the Loch Ness shore to his memory by the townsfolk of Glenurquhart. John Cobb married twice, first to Elizabeth Mitchell-Smith in 1947. After her death in 1948 he married Margaret Glass (1917–2007) in 1950. Segrave Trophy (1947). On 27 March 1953 he was posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct: John Cobb (racing driver) John Rhodes Cobb (2 December 1899 – 29 September 1952) was an early to mid 20th Century British racing motorist. He was three times holder of the World Land Speed Record, in 1938, 1939 and 1947, set at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, U.S.A. He was"
"per hour () 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 1966 Donald Campbell decided that he needed to exceed 300 miles per hour (483 km/h) in order to retain the record. On 4 January 1967, he achieved a top speed of over 320 miles per hour () in ""Bluebird K7"" on the return leg of a record-breaking attempt. He then lost control of ""Bluebird"", which somersaulted and crashed, sinking rapidly. Campbell was killed instantly on impact when decapitated by the K7's"
"Donald Campbell Donald Malcolm Campbell, (23 March 19214 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. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He died during a water speed record attempt at Coniston Water in the Lake District, England. Donald Campbell was born at Canbury House, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the son of Malcolm, later Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 1930s in the"
"at 169.29 m.p.h. The following day on 28 April 1926, Parry-Thomas raised the Flying Mile to 170.62 m.p.h. and the Flying Kilometre to 171.01 m.p.h. On 4 February 1927, Malcolm Campbell set the World Land Speed Record at Pendine Sands covering the Flying Kilometre in a mean average of 174.883 m.p.h. and the Flying Mile in 174.224 m.p.h. on the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird. These also established British records that were to last for many years. The achievement was overshadowed by the death of Parry-Thomas at Pendine Sands on 3 March 1927. On 3 October 1970, Tony Densham, driving the Ford-powered"
"distance records in aircraft and boats, delivering in a highly tuned Lion for a water speed record of in 1933. In land speed records, Lion engines powered many of Sir Malcolm Campbell's including a record of over in 1932 and John Cobb's ""Railton Mobil Special"" in 1947—a record that came well after the Lion had passed its prime and stood until the 1960s. The record had been held by British drivers for 32 years. Lions powered successful entrants in the most prestigious event in air racing, the Schneider Cup, in 1922 and 1927 but were dropped by Supermarine in favour"
"Kenelm Lee Guinness Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness MBE (14 August 1887 – 10 April 1937) was an English-born racing driver of the 1910s and 1920s mostly associated with Sunbeam racing cars. He set a new Land Speed Record in 1922. Also an automotive engineer, he invented and manufactured the KLG spark plug. A member of the Guinness brewing family, and a director of the company, he lived and died in Putney Vale, and was buried at the nearby cemetery, bordering Putney Heath. Guinness's interest in motor racing began whilst at Cambridge University, as riding mechanic to his elder brother Sir"
"146.16 mph (235.22 km/h) on Pendine Sands in his Sunbeam 350HP car ""Blue Bird"". Four other record-breaking runs were made on Pendine Sands between 1924 and 1927; two more by Campbell, and two by Welshman J. G. Parry-Thomas in his car ""Babs"". Firstly the barrier was broken by Campbell. In April 1926, Parry-Thomas added approximately 20mph to break the land speed record at 171.02 mph (273.6 km/h). Campbell raised the record to 174.22 mph (280.38 km/h) in February 1927 with his second ""Blue Bird"". On 3 March 1927 Parry-Thomas attempted to beat Campbell's record. On his final run while travelling"
"Lee Bible Lee Bible (May 27, 1887 March 13, 1929) was an American garage operator and a racing-car driver. He was killed attempting to break the land-speed record on March 13, 1929, at Ormond Beach, Florida. He was born Conway Lee Bible on a farm near Midway, Tennessee. On March 11, British driver Major Henry O. D. Segrave had set the land-speed record of in his ""Golden Arrow"", beating the old record held by Ray Keech, who had set the record in the ""Triplex Special"". Jim White, owner of the ""Special"", wanted the title to come back to the United"
"three days later. The cockpit had not floated as intended and Taylor drowned as a result. In 1989 Craig Arfons, son of Walt Arfons, builder of the world's first jet car, and nephew of famed record breaker Art Arfons, tried for the record in his all-composite fiberglass/Kevlar ""Rain X Challenger"", but died when the hydroplane somersaulted at 483 km/h (301.875 mph). Despite the high fatality rate, the record is still coveted by boat enthusiasts and racers. While a number of projects aiming for the record have been started, currently just those below appear to be active: The British ""Quicksliver"" project"
"Bluebird-Proteus CN7 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 . In 1956, Campbell began planning a car to break the land speed record, which then stood at set by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special. The Norris brothers, who had designed Campbell's highly successful Bluebird K7 hydroplane, designed Bluebird-Proteus CN7 with in mind. The CN7 (Campbell–Norris 7) was constructed by Motor Panels in Coventry,"
"him internationally famous. Malcolm Campbell Major Sir Malcolm Campbell (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called ""Blue Bird"", including a 1921 Grand Prix Sunbeam. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition by holding both land speed and water speed records. Campbell was born in Chislehurst, Kent on 11 March 1885, the only son of William Campbell, a Hatton Garden diamond seller. He attended the independent Uppingham School. In"
"Speed Record at Bonneville on 15 September 1938 by achieving 350 miles per hour. He broke it twice more at the same site, on 23 August 1939 achieving 369 miles per hour, and without this being beaten, he raised the record to 394 miles per hour in 1947. During the World War 2 he served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, and between 1943 and 1945 in the Air Transport Auxiliary, being demobilized with the rank of Group Captain. He made an (uncredited) appearance in the wartime propaganda film ""Target for Tonight"" (1941). Cobb was killed at the"
"is still on display there. In January 2012, Adrian Newey, F1 racing car designer for Red Bull, and previously Williams GP and McLaren, praised Bluebird CN7 in ""Racecar Engineering Magazine"": Bluebird-Proteus CN7 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 . In 1956, Campbell began planning a car to break the land speed record, which then stood at set by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil"
"Sayres broke that record when he reached 160.323 mph (258.015 km/h). He again improved this record on 7 July 1952 to 178.49 mph (287.25 km/h). This record stood until July 1955 when Donald Campbell, son of the former record holder, reached 202.32 mph (325.60 km/h) in the ""Bluebird K7"". In the early 1950s, his two boats ""Slo-mo-shun IV"" and ""Slo-mo-shun V"" (with various captains including Ted Jones) were the 6-times winners of the APBA Gold Cup, the most important hydroplane race in the United States. The IV also won the Harmsworth Cup in 1950, making it the only boat to"
"Garfield Wood Garfield Arthur ""Gar"" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour on water. Gar Wood was born on December 4, 1880 in Mapleton, Iowa, into a family of 13 children. His father was a ferryboat operator on Lake Osakis, Minnesota, and Gar worked on boats from an early age. In 1911, at age 31, he invented a hydraulic lift for unloading coal from rail trucks."
"Richard Noble Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a British entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997. Noble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at Winchester College. He became a qualified pilot. In 1984 he exploited a production hiatus at Cessna aircraft to create a new all-British light aircraft, the ARV Super2. The Super2 was fitted with a new British engine, the Hewland AE75."
"the land speed record. Designer/driver Thomas improved the car and christened her ""Babs"". In April 1926 J.G. Parry-Thomas successfully took the Land Speed Record at over 170 mph at Pendine Sands. Thomas' second attempt at the same location in 1927 turned out fatal. At over 100 mph the car overturned and caught fire, killing the driver. ""Babs"" has been restored and can be seen either at the Pendine Sands museum of speed in the summer months or in the Brooklands Museum during other months of the year. In January 1922 Louis, his wife Vi, Clive Gallop and Pixi Marix together"
"He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1990. Garfield Wood Garfield Arthur ""Gar"" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour on water. Gar Wood was born on December 4, 1880 in Mapleton, Iowa, into a family of 13 children. His father was a ferryboat operator on Lake Osakis, Minnesota, and Gar worked on boats from an early age. In 1911, at"
"1931. Shortly after the 1931 competition, an R engine using a special fuel blend powered the winning Supermarine S.6B aircraft to a new airspeed record of over 400 miles per hour (640 km/h). Continuing through the 1930s, both new and used R engines were used to achieve various land and water speed records by such racing personalities as Sir Henry Segrave, Sir Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald, the last record being set in 1939. A final R-powered water speed record attempt by Donald Campbell in 1951 was unsuccessful. The experience gained by Rolls-Royce and Supermarine designers from the R"
"on the eve of the Second World War, he took it to Coniston Water and increased his record by , to . The return of peace in 1945 brought with it a new form of power for the record breaker – the jet engine. Campbell immediately renovated ""Blue Bird K4"" with a De Havilland Goblin jet engine. The result was a curious-looking craft, whose shoe-like profile led to it being nicknamed ‘The Coniston Slipper’. The experiment with jet-power was not a success and Campbell retired from record-attempts. He died in 1948. On 26 June 1950, ""Slo-Mo-Shun IV"" improved on Campbell's"
"Ted Jones (hydroplanes) Tudor Owen (""Ted"") Jones (died January 9, 2000) was a hydroplane designer and builder. One of his boats, the Slo-Mo-Shun IV, won the 1950 Gold Cup, and set a water speed record (160.323 mph) in Lake Washington, off Seattle (USA)'s Sand Point, on June 26, 1950, breaking the previous (10+ year-old) record (141.740 mph) by almost 20 mph. He also designed several other unlimited hydroplanes that won the APBA Challenge Cup. His son, Ron Jones, Sr., and grandson Ron Jones, Jr. both also had distinguished careers with unlimited hydroplane racing. He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall"
"of Fame of America in 2003. Ted Jones (hydroplanes) Tudor Owen (""Ted"") Jones (died January 9, 2000) was a hydroplane designer and builder. One of his boats, the Slo-Mo-Shun IV, won the 1950 Gold Cup, and set a water speed record (160.323 mph) in Lake Washington, off Seattle (USA)'s Sand Point, on June 26, 1950, breaking the previous (10+ year-old) record (141.740 mph) by almost 20 mph. He also designed several other unlimited hydroplanes that won the APBA Challenge Cup. His son, Ron Jones, Sr., and grandson Ron Jones, Jr. both also had distinguished careers with unlimited hydroplane racing. He"
"the record to over on Coniston Water. Donald Campbell began his record-breaking career in 1949 following the death of his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell. Initially, he had been using his father's 1939-built Rolls-Royce 'R' type powered propeller-driven hydroplane ""Blue Bird K4"" for his attempts, but he met with little success and suffered a number of frustrating setbacks. In 1951, ""K4"", which had been modified to a prop-rider configuration to increase its performance potential, was destroyed after suffering a structural failure, when its V-drive gearbox sheared its mountings, and punched through the floor of the hull. Following rival record breaker John"
"at an estimated speed of 140-150 mph. The car sailed in the air, breaking in half upon impact: Marriott was injured and did not make another attempt to break the record after he recovered. Marriott's mark for the steam land speed record, which had become the longest-standing such record, was finally broken more than 100 years later in August 2009 when Charles Burnett III of the British ""Inspiration"" team recorded an average speed of 139.843 mph (225.06 km/h) at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Fred Marriott Fred Marriott (31 December 1872, Needham, Massachusetts - 28 April 1956) was an"
"by the University of the West of England. Noble's autobiography is titled ""Thrust: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Quest for Speed"". Richard Noble Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a British entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997. Noble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at Winchester College. He became a qualified pilot. In 1984 he exploited a production hiatus at Cessna aircraft"
"every official water speed record had been set by an American, Canadian, Irishman, or Briton. That day Ken Warby became the first Australian holder when he piloted his ""Spirit of Australia"" to 464.46 km/h (288.60 mph) to beat Lee Taylor's record. Warby, who had built the craft in his back yard, used the publicity to find sponsorship to pay for improvements to the Spirit. On 8 October 1978 Warby travelled to Blowering Dam, Australia, and broke both the 480 km/h (300 mph) and 500 km/h barriers with an average speed of 511.12 km/h (317.6 mph). As he exited the course"