"Sands, covering the Flying Kilometre (in an average of two runs) at and the Flying Mile in , in the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird. He set his final land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on 3 September 1935, and was the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, averaging in two passes. Campbell developed and flotation-tested Blue Bird on Tilgate Lake, in Tilgate Park, Crawley. He set the water speed record four times, his highest speed being in the ""Blue Bird K4"". He set the record on 19 August 1939 on Coniston Water, Cumbria, England."
"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"
"on the loch, reaching speeds of about . For safety reasons, there are no plans to attempt to reach any higher speeds. Bluebird K7 Bluebird K7 is a jet engined hydroplane with which Britain's Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records during the later half of the 1950s and the 1960s. ""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 to the water speed record, taking it from existing mark of to just over . Donald Campbell was killed in an accident with a"
"and the basins of Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness. John Cobb died in an attempt at the water speed record when his boat ""Crusader"" struck an unexplained wake on the surface of the loch in 1952. His accident was recorded by the BBC reporters on site at the time. Nearby, there is a memorial to him erected by the people of Glenurquhart. On 31 August 1974, David Scott Munro, of Ross-shire Caberfeidh Water Ski Club, became the first person in the world to water ski (mono ski) the length of Loch Ness. From Lochend to Fort Augustus and"
"Bluebird K7 Bluebird K7 is a jet engined hydroplane with which Britain's Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records during the later half of the 1950s and the 1960s. ""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 to the water speed record, taking it from existing mark of to just over . 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"
"Lefroy are usually credited with the discovery of Dumbleyung Lake, although it appears to have been shown on a map in 1839 with the name ""Kondening Lake"". Grazing leases around the lake were first granted to George Kersley in 1875. Dumbleyung Lake received world recognition when Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on it on 31 December 1964, travelling at 444.66 km/h (276.3 mph) in his boat ""Bluebird K7"". A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area. In recent times, the increased"
"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"
"speed of . On the third run over the course, off Belle Grange, the boat capsized. Segrave's mechanic, Victor Helliwell drowned, but Segrave was rescued by support boats. He died a short time later of his injuries. Segrave was one of the few people in history who have held the world land speed record and water speed record simultaneously. Racer Norman Buckley set several world water speed records on Windermere in the 1950s. For many years, powerboating and water-skiing have been popular activities on the lake. In March 2000, the Lake District National Park Authority controversially introduced a bylaw setting"
"go after the Water Speed Record one more time with Bluebird K7 - to do what he had aimed for so many years ago, during the initial planning stages of CN7 – break both records in the same year. After more delays, he finally achieved his seventh WSR at Lake Dumbleyung near Perth, Western Australia, on the last day of 1964, at a speed of . He had become the first, and so far only, person to set both land and water speed records in the same year. Campbell's LSR was short-lived, because FIA rule changes meant that pure jet"
"the 1950s. He died attempting to break the world water speed record for the eighth time in 1967, when his jet boat, ""Bluebird K7"", crashed at , having already set the record for the seventh time at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia in 1964. His body and boat (""Bluebird K7"") were discovered and recovered by divers in 2001 and he was buried in the new graveyard in Coniston in September 2001. A new wing has been built at the Ruskin Museum to accommodate the fully restored Bluebird K7 boat. It opened in late 2009 with the K7 due to arrive in"
"for only $69. It was not in working order, but Crandall and Cox refurbished it. The ""Spirit"" was covered with a canvas tarpaulin when it rained and was made of wood and fibreglass. On 20 November 1977, he set a new world water speed record of , breaking the record of Lee Taylor by a little over 3 mph. With a subsequent 317.60 mph run on 8 October 1978 he set the record which still stands. In doing so, he became the first and only person to exceed on water and live to tell the tale; Donald Campbell died on"
"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"
"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"
"House hotel is located on the lake's eastern shore. Donald Campbell set the world water speed record on Ullswater on 23 July 1955, when he piloted the jet-propelled hydroplane ""Bluebird K7"" to a speed of 202.32 mph (325.53 km/h). In 2012, artist Robbie Wild Hudson swam the entire length of Ullswater. The swim, from Glenridding to Pooley Bridge, took 6 hours and was completed as inspiration for a project that offers paintings and drawings of the famous landscape from a different perspective. Ullswater Yacht Club (UYC) is situated on the eastern shore of the lake between Pooley Bridge and Howtown."
"was rebuilt in 1961–62 and Campbell subsequently spent a frustrating two years in the Australian desert, battling adverse track conditions. Finally, after Campbell exceeded the land speed record on Lake Eyre on 17 July 1964, at in ""Bluebird CN7"", he snared his seventh water speed record on 31 December 1964 at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia, when he reached , with two runs at and completed with only hours to spare on New Year's Eve 1964. This latest success made Campbell and ""K7"" the world's most prolific holders of the water speed record, and in addition Campbell realised his 'double' when"
"course at Henley-on-Thames during the Traditional Boat Festival on 18-19 July 2015. (http://www.tradboatfestival.com/#!bluebird-k3/c9ig) Blue Bird K3 Blue Bird K3 is a hydroplane powerboat commissioned in 1937 by Sir Malcolm Campbell, to rival the Americans' efforts in the fight for the world water speed record. She set three world water speed records, first on Lake Maggiore in September 1937, then later twice raising her own record. The name ""K3"" was derived from its Lloyd's unlimited rating, and was carried in a prominent circular badge on the forward hull. After Campbell's achievement of the 300 mph land speed record with Blue Bird"
"by FOD in testing) and 711 (running) powered the Bluebird K7 hydroplane in which Donald Campbell was killed whilst attempting the water speed record on Lake Coniston in 1967. A dragster powered by an Orpheus, the ""Vampire"", is the current holder of the British land speed record. Preserved Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines are on display at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry, and at Solent Sky, Southampton. It is also preserved as a relic in India's first aerospace museum in Hindustan Aerospace Heritage Centre, Bangalore. Bristol Siddeley Orpheus The Bristol Siddeley Orpheus was a single-spool turbojet developed by Bristol Siddeley for"
"going wrong, ""Skipper and boat stay together"". Jean Wales did, however, remain in daily telephone contact with project leader Bill Smith during the recovery operation in anticipation of any news of her brother's remains. When Campbell was buried in Coniston Cemetery on 12 September 2001 she did not attend the service. Steve Hogarth, lead singer for Marillion, was present at the funeral and performed the song ""Out of this World"" solo. Between them, Donald Campbell and his father had set eleven speed records on water and ten on land. The story of Campbell's last attempt at the water speed record"
"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 awarded the Segrave Trophy in 1947. He was killed in 1952 whilst piloting a jet powered speedboat on Loch Ness water attempting to break the World Water Speed Record. Cobb was born in the village of Esher, in the English county of Surrey, on 2 December 1899, near the Brooklands motor"
"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"
"to lose stability and 400 m before the end of the kilometre, Bluebird's nose lifted beyond its critical pitch angle and she started to rise out of the water at a 45 degree angle. The boat took off, somersaulted and then plunged nose-first into the lake, breaking up as she cartwheeled across the surface. Campbell was killed instantly. Prolonged searches over the next two weeks located the wreck, but it was not until May 2001 that Campbell's body was finally located and recovered. Campbell was buried in the churchyard at Coniston on 12 September 2001. Lee Taylor, a Californian boat"
"Golden Arrow's innovative vertical aerodynamic stabilising fin was also used, a first for Campbell. Campbell's nemesis Segrave was killed in an attempt on the water speed record while Campbell was scouting for new record courses in South Africa. On his return, Campbell set off for Daytona with the new ""Blue Bird"", concerned at American challenges to the record. Segrave had, after all, at least been British. On 5 February 1931 he pushed the record to , to great popular acclaim. On his return he learned he was to be knighted as Sir Malcolm Campbell. A year later he returned and"
"in 1955 with a jet engined hydroplane called Bluebird K7. Campbell proved to be as adept at record breaking as his father and he went on to set no fewer than 7 world water speed record and 1 world land speed record with Villa being instrumental in every one. It was a successful partnership that was only broken upon Campbell's death in 1967 whilst attempting his eighth world water speed record. After Campbell's death Villa spent his time at home in Reigate in Surrey with his wife Joan where he took up gardening. He received an OBE in June 1976"
"two weeks, without locating his body. Campbell's body was finally located in 2001. Campbell's last words, during a 31-second transmission, on his final run were, via radio intercom: The cause of the crash has been variously attributed to several possible causes (or a combination of these causes): On 28 January 1967 Campbell was posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct ""for courage and determination in attacking the world water speed record."" The wreckage of Campbell's craft was recovered by the Bluebird Project between October 2000, when the first sections were raised, and May 2001, when Campbell's body was recovered."
"Ken Warby Ken Warby (born 9 May 1939) is an Australian motorboat racer, who currently holds the water speed record of , set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978. As a child, Warby's hero was Donald Campbell, who died attempting to break the record in 1967. Warby designed the hull of his record-breaking boat, ""Spirit of Australia"", himself and built it in his backyard. He started the project as a Makita salesman who happened to team up with two Leading aircraftmen at RAAF Base Richmond in the early 1970s. Warby bought a military surplus Westinghouse jet engine at auction"
"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 Germany, learning the"
"lift enhancement all adding to the instability. The wreckage of ""Bluebird"" was discovered on the lake bed on 5 January 1967. A 10-man Royal Navy diving team led by Lt Cmdr John Futcher, had arrived at Coniston late on the day of the accident. They set off for their first attempt to locate Donald Campbell and ""Bluebird"" at 12.30pm the next day. Futcher believed that Campbell's body would be either at the point of impact, in the main wreckage of the boat, or at a point between the two locations. Ken Norris had made some calculations to guide the dive"
"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,"
"Lady in the Lake trial The Lady in the Lake trial was a 2005 murder case in which Gordon Park (25 January 1944 – 25 January 2010) a retired teacher from Leece, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, was jailed for life for the murder of his first wife, Carol Ann Park, in 1976. Carol Park went missing on 17 July 1976, and was never seen alive again by her family. In 1997, her body was discovered by divers in Coniston Water and Gordon Park was arrested on suspicion of murder. Reputedly he said ""Oh dear"", after being informed they had found"
"windscreen. The attempt could not be counted as a record-breaking run because the second leg was not completed. The remains of ""Bluebird"" were recovered from the water in 2001 and the majority of Campbell's body was recovered later in the same year. In recent times, Coniston Water has become known for a controversial murder case. Mrs Carol Park was dubbed the """"Lady in the Lake"""" after the Raymond Chandler novel of the same name. The lake is ideal for kayaking and canoeing and there are a number of good sites for launching and recovery. It is paddled as the second"
"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,"
"1964. The first of these marks was set at Ullswater on 23 July 1955, where he achieved a speed of 202.15 mph (324 km/h) but only after many months of trials and a major redesign of ""Bluebird""'s forward sponson attachments points. Campbell achieved a steady series of subsequent speed-record increases with the boat during the rest of the decade, beginning with a mark of in 1955 on Lake Mead in Nevada. Subsequently, four new marks were registered on Coniston Water, where Campbell and ""Bluebird"" became an annual fixture in the later half of the fifties, enjoying significant sponsorship from the"
"was forced to buy them back. K4 was then re-engined with a propellor and one of the previous Rolls-Royce R engines. The boat was tried out by Donald Campbell but deemed too slow, so after another superstructure rebuild and finally structural failure in 1951 it was replaced by the jet-powered K7, in which Donald died during a record attempt in 1967. A replica of ""K4"" currently is on show at the Lakeland Motor Museum, Backbarrow. Blue Bird K4 Blue Bird K4 was a powerboat commissioned in 1939 by Sir Malcolm Campbell, to rival the Americans' efforts in the fight for"