Boat Racing

Jun. 06, 1950 - Bluebird All Set to Beat 1939 Record: In an old garage half-way up Reigate Hill, Surrey, lies a blue and silver speedboat, Around the boat, Sir Malcolm Campbell's mighty Bluebird, a team of men have fussed for six months. On Friday half the garage side will be dismantled. Bluebird's two tons of graceful length will elide out and Donald Campbell's bid to counter the Biggest threat yet to British held world water speed record will be launched. Donald's famous father set up that record, 141 m.p.h. in 1939. But said Donald Yesterday. Somebody will certainly beat my father's record this year -- and I want it to stay on his side of the Atlantic'. Photo Shows Donald Campbell in the cockpit of the Bluebird

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