Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 to return to Lake District's Coniston after 20 year battle
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 is to return to the Lake District's Coniston after a 20-year battle.
The Bluebird K7 hydrofoil in which record-breaker Donald Campbell was killed will be sent to a museum in the North West village after a legal wrangle over its future.
Campbell died in 1967 at the age of 45 when the K7 flipped and disintegrated at 300mph on Coniston Water during an attempt to set a new water speed record.
The wreck and his remains were salvaged 34 years later in 2001, with the debris later becoming the centre of a dispute between Campbell’s family, who wanted to hand the Bluebird to a Lake District museum, and Bill Smith, the engineer behind its restoration, who wanted to restore it and use it around the world.
The boat will now be displayed in the Ruskin Museum, having been restored by a team of volunteers in Newcastle over 23 years since its recovery.
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Can't help thinking Donald would have a lot of sympathy for Bill Smith - both men of drive, determination and a dedication to one dream.
I have very mixed feelings about how things have turned out.
Maybe it should have been left down there .I don't think many of our younger generation even know who this great man was
@@donwright3427 Indeed. However, like many of my age, I can distinctly remember where I was when I heard he had crashed and hoped against all logic that he might have survived. A few years ago I went to Coniston to pay belated respect to him.
As a now 63 year old I remember vividly sitting with my Dad on his chair when the news showed the 67 crash and Dad saying he was a very brave man.have been fascinated ever since and will be back to Coniston this June.so excited for when K7 runs on the lake.going to need a bigger car park !
@@donwright3427 My wife said that from day one.
I'm sorry but doesn't ownership of the boat go to the person who paid to have it recovered? Since it's been so long and the owners family just left it on the bottom of the Lake then ownership goes to who raises it first.