Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 has returned and run on Coniston Water for the first time since it crashed there in 1967. The iconic craft made its comeback as part of a week-long festival, marking the ...

Nearly 60 years after Donald Campbell died trying to set water-speed record, restored hydroplane only allowed to reach 150mph ...

An iconic hydroplane has returned to Coniston Water for the first time in nearly six decades since the infamous crash that killed its pilot. The Bluebird K7, piloted by Donald Campbell, reached a ...

It is the first time the hydroplane has returned to Coniston Water after Donald Campbell was killed as he tried to set a new water speed record. Campbell died in January 1967 as he attempted to beat ...

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.

Donald Campbell set seven water-speed world records, including four on Coniston Water, between 1955 and 1964 Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird is soon to power across Coniston Water for the first ...

Further high-speed runs for Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird have been thwarted by wind, waves and an issue with its cockpit canopy. The hydroplane, used to set seven world water speed records, ...