Donald Campbell's Fatal Crash Wreckage Raised from the Depths - Bluebird Salvage Raw Footage (2001)

On 8 March 2001, ITN's cameras filmed the raising of the wreckage of Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 from Coniston Water in the Lake District. The hydroplane, in which the British speed record breaker Campbell died on 4 January 1967 while attempting to break the water speed record, had been lying at the bottom of Coniston for 34 years. The salvage operation was undertaken by the Bluebird Project, with Campbell's widow, Tonia Bern, watching from the shore.
Donald Campbell's Bluebird hydroplane returned to the Lake District on 9 March 2024, 57 years after its pilot was killed in a crash on Coniston Water. Its return comes after Bill Smith, the nTyneside engineer who rebuilty Bluebird after its recovery in 2001, handed the craft over to Coniston's Ruskin Museum following a legal battle.
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[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

Amazing Project and most memorable undertaking. Excellent‼️ 🪖

[@stevemann1681]

Nice to see Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery there from @marillionofficial - whose song "Out of This World" was the inspiration behind Bill Smith's desire to get Bluebird up.

[@Andy-yy2fg]

Not entirely true. Evidently his ambition after hearing the song was to find it and 'hack the tail fin off to add to his trophy collection.'

[@markwhitehead4645]

I am genuinely saying .... my 1st and 2nd childhood memories.... born in 1960 ..... JFK shooting..... and Donald Campbell’s accident 😲can still see the images in black and white and watching them on the television

[@MultiVince95]

Thursday 8th March 2001

[@arthurreeder8451]

What had always bothered me is how come it took so long to find? Presumably Donald Cambell's remains were also on board? Would that make it a grave?

[@robharding166]

There’s a documentary of the locating and lifting. Reportedly, the wreckage site was known due to bubbles and smoke coming up after the crash. Campbell wasn’t onboard, as everything from the back of cabin/front roll hoop to the front was completely crushed. He was found after K7 was located.

[@arthurreeder8451]

@@robharding166 I well remember watching the TV footage and reading the papers at the time. It was a real shock to the nation. There were some stories about the front pods being found in a yard somewhere down south? Time plays tricks on the mind but I do recall it. At least the families can now have a grave to pay tribute to.

[@rosadiaz6945]

Tremendo choque

[@danielrogers2943]

Did i notice Cambells daughter there. I saw her practising at Holme Pierpoint back in the early 80's , i remember her also flipping and crashing, luckily she survived