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 ...
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 ...
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.
Ahead of Bluebird's return to Coniston Water, Donald Campbell's final record attempt is remembered.
Hydroplane to race across lake nearly 60 years after Donald Campbell died trying to set new water-speed record ...