Bluebird K7 is a turbo jet-engined hydroplane with which Britain's Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records during the 1950s and 1960s. Campbell lost his life in K7 on January 4, 1967 whilst making a bid to raise the speed record to over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) on Coniston Water.
Read more about Bluebird K7: Design, Bluebird K7 Records, The Final Water Speed Record Attempt and The Death of Donald Campbell, Recovery of Bluebird K7
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