Donald Campbell's Fatal Crash Wreckage Raised from the Depths

Donald Campbell's Fatal Crash Wreckage Raised from the Depths - Bluebird Salvage Raw Footage (2001)

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3 ай бұрын

On 8 March 2001, ITN's cameras filmed the raising of the wreckage of Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 from Coniston Water in the Lake District. The hydroplane, in which the British speed record breaker Campbell died on 4 January 1967 while attempting to break the water speed record, had been lying at the bottom of Coniston for 34 years. The salvage operation was undertaken by the Bluebird Project, with Campbell's widow, Tonia Bern, watching from the shore.
Donald Campbell's Bluebird hydroplane returned to the Lake District on 9 March 2024, 57 years after its pilot was killed in a crash on Coniston Water. Its return comes after Bill Smith, the nTyneside engineer who rebuilty Bluebird after its recovery in 2001, handed the craft over to Coniston's Ruskin Museum following a legal battle.
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@stevemann1681 3 ай бұрын

Nice to see Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery there from @marillionofficial - whose song "Out of This World" was the inspiration behind Bill Smith's desire to get Bluebird up.

@Andy-yy2fg 3 ай бұрын

Not entirely true. Evidently his ambition after hearing the song was to find it and 'hack the tail fin off to add to his trophy collection.'

@kobusdutoitbosman6240 2 ай бұрын

Amazing Project and most memorable undertaking. Excellent‼️ 🪖

@MultiVince95 3 ай бұрын

Thursday 8th March 2001

@arthurreeder8451 12 күн бұрын

What had always bothered me is how come it took so long to find? Presumably Donald Cambell's remains were also on board? Would that make it a grave?

@rosadiaz6945 3 ай бұрын

Tremendo choque

@danielrogers2943 3 ай бұрын

Did i notice Cambells daughter there. I saw her practising at Holme Pierpoint back in the early 80's , i remember her also flipping and crashing, luckily she survived