On which lake was Sir Donald Campbell killed in 1967 while attempting to break the World water-speed record?
Donald Campbell Donald Campbell Donald Malcolm Campbell, (23 March 19214 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He died during a water speed record attempt at Coniston Water in the Lake District, England. Donald Campbell was born at Canbury House, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the son of Malcolm, later Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 1930s in the
Water speed record "Bluebird K7" had been re-engined with a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet rated at of thrust. On 4 January 1967 he tried again. His first run averaged and a new record seemed in sight. Campbell applied "K7"'s water brake to slow the craft down from her peak speed of clear of the measured kilometre to a speed around . Rather than waiting for the lake to settle again before starting the mandatory return leg, Campbell immediately turned around at the end of the lake and began his return run. At around , just as she entered the measured kilometre, Bluebird began