On Sunday we visited Coniston Water and saw Donald Campbell house the crash site as well as all the other famous sights included on the cruise aboard the National Trusts steam boat Gondola ❤️
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Richard Ward. Bluebird-Proteus CN7. 1960 by Motor Panels, Coventry. Gas turbine vehicle driven by Donald Campbell powered by Bristol-Siddley engine. From a card set called Transport through the Ages, Brooke Bond, 1966. #RichardWard #BrookeBond #DonaldCampbell #Bluebird #GasTurbine

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jazz hands
clawing the warm air
a swan breaks its neck
Bluebird is starved of air
by the pitch-up angle

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💙🏁 On 19 September 1956, Donald Campbell made history on Coniston Water.

Piloting the iconic Bluebird K7, Campbell set a new World Water Speed Record of 225.63 mph, the first of four world records he would achieve on Coniston Water.

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