Donald Campbell’s Bluebird to race again on Coniston Water

Telegraph reporters
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The finishing touches to taking place to Bluebird K7 after it was placed in the Ruskin Museum
The finishing touches to taking place to Bluebird K7 after it was placed in the Ruskin Museum - OWEN HUMPHREYS/PA
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The record-breaking hydroplane Bluebird K7 will run again on Coniston Water in the Lake District.

Donald Campbell was attempting a new water speed record on the lake on January 4, 1967, when the vessel flipped into the air and disintegrated, killing him.

The wreckage, along with Campbell’s body with his race suit intact, was recovered in 2001 by engineer Bill Smith.

On Saturday, the boat was collected by Ruskin Museum staff and driven 147 miles to Coniston, which has been described as his “spiritual home”.

The museum said on Sunday that it will run again on Coniston “at a time to be agreed in the future.”

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