Everyone ready for tomorrow? #BluebirdK7
May 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Everyone ready for tomorrow? #BluebirdK7
One year today since #BluebirdK7 returned home to Coniston after 23 years away. Here is my artwork, Passing Peel Island, painted to mark the occasion
March 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One year today since #BluebirdK7 returned home to Coniston after 23 years away. Here is my artwork, Passing Peel Island, painted to mark the occasion
Today we remember Donald Campbell who tragically lost his life on 4 January 1967, while attempting to raise the world water speed record to 300mph on Coniston Water in #BluebirdK7 (illustration M Willis)
January 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today we remember Donald Campbell who tragically lost his life on 4 January 1967, while attempting to raise the world water speed record to 300mph on Coniston Water in #BluebirdK7 (illustration M Willis)
On this day in 2018, #BluebirdK7 ran for the first time since 1967, with crew training runs on Loch Fad during her 23-year restoration. She is due to run on Coniston Water next year
Pic: Neil Draper
Pic: Neil Draper
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
On this day in 2018, #BluebirdK7 ran for the first time since 1967, with crew training runs on Loch Fad during her 23-year restoration. She is due to run on Coniston Water next year
Pic: Neil Draper
Pic: Neil Draper
Bluebird K7 running on Coniston Water for the first time since 1967 on Monday 11 May 2026. Impossible to overstate how magical this moment was #BluebirdK7
June 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Bluebird K7 running on Coniston Water for the first time since 1967 on Monday 11 May 2026. Impossible to overstate how magical this moment was #BluebirdK7
Third Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet engine acquired by the Ruskin Museum for #BluebirdK7 ruskinmuseum.com/a-third-jet-...
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August 30, 2023 at 1:01 PM
Third Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet engine acquired by the Ruskin Museum for #BluebirdK7 ruskinmuseum.com/a-third-jet-...
Submerging test on the breathing apparatus in October 1954, while K7 was under construction #BluebirdK7
January 4, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Submerging test on the breathing apparatus in October 1954, while K7 was under construction #BluebirdK7
I have some amazing news! The Ruskin Museum has announced Dave Warby as #BluebirdK7 pilot when the legendary speed record boats runs on Coniston Water in 2026. Warby is the son of current record holder Ken, and is challenging to set a new record himself www.facebook.com/share/17pU1e...
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November 22, 2024 at 7:50 AM
I have some amazing news! The Ruskin Museum has announced Dave Warby as #BluebirdK7 pilot when the legendary speed record boats runs on Coniston Water in 2026. Warby is the son of current record holder Ken, and is challenging to set a new record himself www.facebook.com/share/17pU1e...
Bluebird K7 being launched onto Coniston Water #BluebirdK7
June 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Bluebird K7 being launched onto Coniston Water #BluebirdK7
The account @bluebirdk7.bsky.social is posting daily content about Donald Campbell's record breaking hydroplane Bluebird K7, the Campbell dynasty and their speed record and racing legacy
Beautiful original colour photo of Donald Campbell with Bluebird K7 at Ullswater in February 1955. These first trials were beset with problems. K7 would not plane, frequently shipped water and partially sank on one occasion. One by one, the problems were addressed
October 19, 2023 at 9:44 PM
The account @bluebirdk7.bsky.social is posting daily content about Donald Campbell's record breaking hydroplane Bluebird K7, the Campbell dynasty and their speed record and racing legacy
Here's Donald's XK150 fixed-head coupe DC 7 alongside #BluebirdK7 during a demonstration visit to France. The Jag was finished in pastel blue and had numerous upgrades to the engine, suspension and interior. He owned it from 1958 to 1963
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Here's Donald's XK150 fixed-head coupe DC 7 alongside #BluebirdK7 during a demonstration visit to France. The Jag was finished in pastel blue and had numerous upgrades to the engine, suspension and interior. He owned it from 1958 to 1963
BBC story about the recruitment of Dave Warby to drive #BluebirdK7 when she is returned to running, it is hoped on Coniston Water in 2026
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Pilot for Bluebird's return to Coniston Water announced
Dave Warby, son of the late-water speed record holder Ken Warby, will be in the cockpit at Coniston.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 3:55 PM
BBC story about the recruitment of Dave Warby to drive #BluebirdK7 when she is returned to running, it is hoped on Coniston Water in 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Some more photos of #BluebirdK7 at Ullswater in the #LakeDistrict last week for the anniversary of Donald Campbell’s first world water speed record in 1955
Pics courtesy of Anthony Stuchbury
Pics courtesy of Anthony Stuchbury
July 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Some more photos of #BluebirdK7 at Ullswater in the #LakeDistrict last week for the anniversary of Donald Campbell’s first world water speed record in 1955
Pics courtesy of Anthony Stuchbury
Pics courtesy of Anthony Stuchbury
A little known fact about Donald Campbell is that he appears to have coined the name 'Labradoodle' for a Labrador-Poodle cross, like his beloved Maxie seen below. The earliest recorded examples of 'Labradoodle' come from press reports about Campbell in the early 1950s #BluebirdK7
November 21, 2024 at 12:52 PM
A little known fact about Donald Campbell is that he appears to have coined the name 'Labradoodle' for a Labrador-Poodle cross, like his beloved Maxie seen below. The earliest recorded examples of 'Labradoodle' come from press reports about Campbell in the early 1950s #BluebirdK7
Curtain of spray hangs in the air above Coniston Water as Bluebird K7 turns after a run #BluebirdK7
June 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Curtain of spray hangs in the air above Coniston Water as Bluebird K7 turns after a run #BluebirdK7
70 years ago today, Donald Campbell set his first World Water Speed Record, after six years of trying. This was the first record for his new boat, #BluebirdK7, and the only record he set on Ullswater in the #LakeDistrict
Photo: Hellawell, from Ruskin Museum collection
Photo: Hellawell, from Ruskin Museum collection
July 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
70 years ago today, Donald Campbell set his first World Water Speed Record, after six years of trying. This was the first record for his new boat, #BluebirdK7, and the only record he set on Ullswater in the #LakeDistrict
Photo: Hellawell, from Ruskin Museum collection
Photo: Hellawell, from Ruskin Museum collection
At the anniversary of Donald Campbell’s first world water speed record in #BluebirdK7 on 23 July the boat was visited by a car that Donald Campbell may have driven at the time. The prototype AC Aceca is rumoured to have been loaned to Campbell between 1954 and 1956, though there’s no direct evidence
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
At the anniversary of Donald Campbell’s first world water speed record in #BluebirdK7 on 23 July the boat was visited by a car that Donald Campbell may have driven at the time. The prototype AC Aceca is rumoured to have been loaned to Campbell between 1954 and 1956, though there’s no direct evidence
Whoosh ! How dynamic great #postcard about #BluebirdK7
Trial runs happening on #Conistonwater this week as a tribute to the
#DonaldCampbell’s world water speed record 4th Jan 1967
Trial runs happening on #Conistonwater this week as a tribute to the
#DonaldCampbell’s world water speed record 4th Jan 1967
May 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Whoosh ! How dynamic great #postcard about #BluebirdK7
Trial runs happening on #Conistonwater this week as a tribute to the
#DonaldCampbell’s world water speed record 4th Jan 1967
Trial runs happening on #Conistonwater this week as a tribute to the
#DonaldCampbell’s world water speed record 4th Jan 1967
Remembering Donald Campbell on the 57th anniversary of his death during an attempt on the world water speed record in Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water. Our thoughts are with his daughter Gina, nephew Don and all the Campbell family #BluebirdK7
January 4, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Remembering Donald Campbell on the 57th anniversary of his death during an attempt on the world water speed record in Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water. Our thoughts are with his daughter Gina, nephew Don and all the Campbell family #BluebirdK7
This is such good news!
An unbelievable machine with the most fascinating history.
All that effort to painstakingly restore her, she deserves to be on the water- not left in a museum
@bluebirdk7.bsky.social #BluebirdK7 #BluebirdProject
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An unbelievable machine with the most fascinating history.
All that effort to painstakingly restore her, she deserves to be on the water- not left in a museum
@bluebirdk7.bsky.social #BluebirdK7 #BluebirdProject
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pilot for Bluebird's return to Coniston Water announced
Dave Warby, son of the late-water speed record holder Ken Warby, will be in the cockpit at Coniston.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
This is such good news!
An unbelievable machine with the most fascinating history.
All that effort to painstakingly restore her, she deserves to be on the water- not left in a museum
@bluebirdk7.bsky.social #BluebirdK7 #BluebirdProject
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An unbelievable machine with the most fascinating history.
All that effort to painstakingly restore her, she deserves to be on the water- not left in a museum
@bluebirdk7.bsky.social #BluebirdK7 #BluebirdProject
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Print run in aid of @bluebirdk7.bsky.social sold out within hours. Preparing a new limited edition Lichtenstein-style print for those who missed out
September 16, 2023 at 6:01 PM
Print run in aid of @bluebirdk7.bsky.social sold out within hours. Preparing a new limited edition Lichtenstein-style print for those who missed out
Donald Campbell with #BluebirdK7 in its original form on Ullswater in the winter of 1955. While a beautiful, picturesque scene, all was not well. Bluebird, as designed, was bow-heavy, and the intakes ingested too much water. Only after three months of rebuilding could K7’s potential first be shown
July 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Donald Campbell with #BluebirdK7 in its original form on Ullswater in the winter of 1955. While a beautiful, picturesque scene, all was not well. Bluebird, as designed, was bow-heavy, and the intakes ingested too much water. Only after three months of rebuilding could K7’s potential first be shown
Perhaps the most remarkable of Donald Campbell's speed record runs in #BluebirdK7 was on 19 September 1956 at Coniston Water. Campbell aimed for a 240mph outward run, hoping to push it up on the return. The bows were riding very high and DC reported "a hell of a beating." He had done 286mph!...
November 25, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Perhaps the most remarkable of Donald Campbell's speed record runs in #BluebirdK7 was on 19 September 1956 at Coniston Water. Campbell aimed for a 240mph outward run, hoping to push it up on the return. The bows were riding very high and DC reported "a hell of a beating." He had done 286mph!...