Donald Campbell , in Bluebird, died on 4 January 1967, whilst attempting a speed record on Lake Coniston, Cumbria (Lake District) England.
Donald Malcolm Campbell, born 23 March 1921 in England, broke the land speed record on the salt flats of Lake Eyre in 1964, attaining a speed of 648.72 km per hour. This was a land speed record, not a water record, so his achievement was not made in a Bluebird, which is a boat.
In 1964 Donald Campbell, son of Sir Malcome Campbell, broke the world water speed record on Lake Dumbleyung, Western Australia in his jet boat Bluebird. This record also confirmed a unique world record, I belive still standing, that a man broke the world water speed and the world land speed record in the same calender year. He achieved this with just hours remaining on the 31st December 1964! Not bad eh! The formal announcement was made at the Dumbleyung Tavern that evening! Happy New Year.
The fastest PRODUCTION vehicle on Earth at the moment is the Hennessy Venom GT at 265.6 MPH. The land speed record for vehicles with wheels is currently held by Donald Campbell from 1964 in his Bluebird CN7 at a speed of 403.10 MPH.
the record is 285mphANS 2 - If that ever was a record, it was beaten in 1937 when Sir Malcolm Campbell drove his Bluebird at 301 mph on Bonneville Salt Flats. - The record for wheel driven carshas been broken regularly ever since and now stands at 403 mph, by Malcolm's son Donald who drove his Bluebird at Lake Eyre, Australia in 1964.The record for jet or rocket cars is now 763 mph by Britain's Thrust SSC driven by Andy Green at Black Rock Sands in 1997.
The land record of a rocket car is 1216km per hour
You might be thinking of Donald Campbell who died in 1967 trying to break the world water speed record, but it was on Coniston Water, not Loch Ness.
She played at the Bluebird Cafe and a Big Machines Record executive saw her.
There is no record that he did.
She played at the Bluebird Cafe and a Big Machines Record excuetive saw her.
Don Record's birth name is Donald Wayne Record.
Malcolm Campbell broke the land speed record nine times in his Bluebird cars during the 1930's. 300 MPH is about twice as fast as a modern sports car can travel. In other words, that is very fast.
Hard to believe, but the current record for fastest speed on the water was set by Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia way back in October 8th of 1978. His speed was 317.596 mph. After setting the world record of 276.33mph Donald Campbell in Bluebird K7, attempted to break the 300mph barrier in 1966. He reached a peak speed of 315mph on his first run, with over 320mph on his second run. Sadly however, he died after he crashed on this record breaking pass. This of course meant that it is unofficial.