List of Bluebird record-breaking vehicles
- List of Bluebird record-breaking vehicles
"Bluebird" is the name of various cars and boats used by Malcolm Campbell, Donald Campbell and others to set water and land speed records.
The name "Bluebird" was originally inspired by the play of that name by Maurice Maeterlinck, [Scott A. G. M. Crawford, "Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885–1948)", "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32271, accessed 25 July 2008] ] and the vehicles were painted a shade of pale blue.
Cars
Sir Malcolm Campbell
* Sunbeam 350HP
* Napier-Campbell Bluebird: 1927-1928
* Campbell-Napier-Railton Bluebird: 1931-1932
* Campbell-Railton Bluebird: 1933-1935
Donald Campbell
* Bluebird-Proteus CN7
* Bluebird CMN-8 "never built"
Don Wales
Don Wales, grandson of Malcolm Campbell and nephew of Donald Campbell, has contested the world electric powered land speed record.
* Bluebird Electric 2
Boats
Sir Malcolm Campbell
* Bluebird K3
* Bluebird K4
Donald Campbell
* Bluebird K7
Gina Campbell
Gina Campbell, daughter of Donald Campbell, has contested the women's world water speed record.
*Agfa Bluebird
ee also
*Bluebird of Chelsea
*Bluebird Garage
*List of vehicle speed records
References
External links
* [http://www.bluebird-electric.net/ Bluebird Electric]
* [http://www.bluebirdproject.com/ Bluebird Project]
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