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Monday, 6 August 2018

Bluebird restored

And now some happier news.

Donald Campbell's Bluebird has been launched in front of cheering crowds for the first time in over 50 years. The record-breaking hydroplane was floated as part of tests being carried out on Loch Fad on the Isle of Bute. It has been rebuilt after being recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water in 2001, following Campbell's fatal crash in 1967.

Lead engineer Bill Smith, said it had been a "labour of love" to put the hydroplane back on water. "This project is 22 years old this year. We've been 15 years in the rebuild - five years to strip down, catalogue and clean, and ten years since we set the first rivet to bring her back to this condition. This is a fully working machine, completely original. This is the vehicle that Donald Campbell drove".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45068703
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  1. Dan Eastwood6 August 2018 at 20:52

    But I've seen the footage of the crash, and I'm not volunteering to ride in the thing.

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