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History

1958
November 10
Bluebird K7 – Coniston 1958

Bluebird K7 Coniston Water 248.62 mph (400.12 km/h) 10 November 1958

1957
November 7
Bluebird K7 – Coniston 1957

Bluebird K7 – Water Speed Record 239.07 mph (384.75 km/h) Coniston Water 7 November 1957

1956
September 19
Bluebird K7 – Coniston 1956

Bluebird K7 Water Speed Record 225.63 mph (363.12 km/h) Coniston Water 19 September 1956

1955
November 16
Bluebird K7 – Lake Mead 1955

Bluebird K7 – Water Speed Record 216.20 mph (347.94 km/h) Lake Mead 16 November 1955

July 23
Bluebird K7 – Ullswater 1955

Bluebird K7 – Water Speed Record 202.32 mph (325.60 km/h) Ullswater 23 July 1955

1950
May 10
1954 – Origins of Design
1954 – Origins of Design

After the destruction of his earlier boat Bluebird K4, British speed-record driver Donald Campbell began developing a new craft capable of far higher speeds. The result was Bluebird K7, designed by Ken and Lew Norris as a three-point hydroplane powered by a turbojet engine, a revolutionary concept at the time. Construction used a steel hull and a Metropolitan-Vickers Beryl turbojet, producing roughly 3,500 lbf of thrust.