Boat Racing
Sep. 09, 1956 - Donald Campbell breaks his own world water speed record, Bluebird reaches 286MPH. 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 sneaked, he was forced to cit his speed to 164.48mph 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: Victory smile from (L to R) Mrs. Dorothy Campbell, daughter Georgina (who celebrated her 10th birthday yesterday), Donald Campbell, Leo Villa, his chief mechanic, and Lady Campbell, mother of Donald
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