Coniston Water per hour () in "Blue Bird K4". Between 1956 and 1959 Sir Malcolm's son Donald Campbell set four successive records on the lake in "Bluebird K7", a hydroplane. In 1966 Donald Campbell decided that he needed to exceed 300 miles per hour (483 km/h) in order to retain the record. On 4 January 1967, he achieved a top speed of over 320 miles per hour () in "Bluebird K7" on the return leg of a record-breaking attempt. He then lost control of "Bluebird", which somersaulted and crashed, sinking rapidly. Campbell was killed instantly on impact when decapitated by the K7's
M. P. Sivam M. P. Sivam M. P. Sivam is an Indian stage and film artiste. He has worked as a teacher who trained stage artistes. He was also a poet and a musician. His full name is Madhilagathuveedu ParamaSivam. His birthplace is "Kizhakku Yakkarai", a village in Palakkad, Kerala. Though his mother tongue was Malayalam he was very proficient in Tamil. He worked as a Harmonium artiste in "Yadhaartham" Ponnusamy Pillai's Madurai Bala Gana Sabha. He wrote the lyrics and taught drama artistes to sing them. Music Director K. V. Mahadevan's assistant Pughazhendhi is a relative of M. P. Sivam. Pughazhendhi's brother-inlaw