Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird craft has been fired up on Coniston Water for the first time since the daredevil pilot's fatal crash on the lake almost 60 years ago. He had been attempting to push ...

Record-breaking hydroplane Bluebird K7 has returned to Coniston Water for the first time since Donald Campbell died as he attempted to set a new water speed record.Campbell was killed when the vessel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch the moment the record-breaking hydroplane returns to Coniston Water Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 has returned and run on ...

Thousands of people are expected to visit Coniston in the Lake District over the next week as Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird makes a return to the water there for the first t ...

After spending nearly six decades gathering algae 142 feet down in Coniston Water, the jet-propelled hydroplane has returned for one last set of outings this week.

Almost 60 years ago, Donald Campbell was killed on Coniston Water as he raced to break 300mph. Now the hydroplane used in that record attempt is returning to the crash site, for the first time since ...

The legendary Bluebird K7 water speed record boat has made an emotional return to Coniston Water, 59 years after the devastating 1967 crash that killed Donald Campbell ...

Further high-speed runs for Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird have been thwarted by wind, waves and an issue with its ...

Campbell, who had set a total of eight world speed records on land and water in the 1950s and 60s, was trying to break 300mph (480 km/h) on 4 January 1967 when the craft somersaulted and sank.

It was a day when joy turned to tragedy in the wintry Lake District.