Awoke to the News regarding Donald Campbell's death
today...
Fifty years ago yesterday, Donald Campbell,
son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, an accomplished Land Speed Record (LSR) holder
himself. Perished whilst trying to break his own Water Speed Record (WSR) when
traveling reportedly at some 300mph on water!
As Donald had battled (indirectly) against
Seattle's Stan Sayres for WSR supremacy, which Sayres set twice in the
legendous' Slo-Mo, Seattle's famous Miss Slo Mo Shun unlimited hydroplanes that
revolutionized the sport!
Campbell's Bluebird K7 jet engine boat
disintegrated on Coniston Water in Cumbria, January 4, 1967. He was 46yrs old, and the
only person to hold both the recognized (FIA) Land & Water Speed Records in
the same year...