Campbell, who was killed in the accident, had been making the return run of his world record attempt at more than 300mph. 4th January 1967: Donald Campbell’s speed boat Bluebird crashing at Coniston Water in the Lake District. The tussle is between Coniston’s Ruskin Museum, which was gifted ownership of Bluebird K7 in 2006, and Bill Smith, the enterprising diver and engineer who located and salvaged the jet boat before being placed in charge of its complete restoration at the head of a team of volunteers based on a Tyneside industrial estate.
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