Title

Bluebird K7 at Coniston Water, Cumbria, 1958. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Bluebird K7 at Coniston Water, Cumbria, 1958. The Bluebird had set a record of 239.07 mph at Coniston in November 1957. It's seen here before a new attempt at the world speed record. A new world water speed record of 248.62mph was achieved on the 10th November 1958. Leo Villa stands on the jetty. He was an engineer and mechanic, and was with Donald and Malcolm Campbell on all their Bluebird record attempts.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1958

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A86_224

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,4Mb) / 16,8in x 12,5in / 5031 x 3745 (300dpi)

Keywords

ripples water hill people male speed job man men landscape ripple lake guy occupation jetty geography Cumbria lake district floating bluebird century profession record concept mechanic B&W MONOCHROME fifties 1950s black & white black and white B W 20th century Coniston Water National Motor Museum Bluebird K7 decade geographical feature TGN world speed record Leo Villa photograph Unknown Leo Campbell Donald Villa Donald Campbell Lake Coniston Donald Campbell photograph