Boat Racing
Sep. 09, 1956 - Donald Campbell breaks his own world water speed record - Bluebird reaches 288 M.P.H.; Donald Campbell has done it again. He astonished the world last night when he smashed his own world water speed record in his jet-boat Bluebird in a death-defying dash of 286.78 mph on Lake Coniston. On his second run, as Bluebird rolled, bounced, and snaked, he was forced to cut his speed to 164.48 mph, because fumes filled his cockpit, but it was enough to break the world record for the third time in 15 months at over 225 mph. Photo Shows Donald Campbell, overcome by the fumes is assisted from the bluebird by his chief mechanic Leo Villa
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