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'''''Blue Bird''''' or '''''Bluebird''''' is the name of various cars and boats used by [[Malcolm Campbell|Sir Malcolm Campbell]], his son [[Donald Campbell|Donald]] and other family members to set [[Land speed record|land]] and [[Water speed record|water]] speed records. |
'''''Blue Bird''''' or '''''Bluebird''''' is the name of various cars and boats used by [[Malcolm Campbell|Sir Malcolm Campbell]], his son [[Donald Campbell|Donald]] and other family members to set [[Land speed record|land]] and [[Water speed record|water]] speed records. |
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In 1925, he also raced an [[Itala]] at Brooklands with the name '' 'The Blue Bird' '' painted on the bonnet.<ref name="Villa" >{{cite book |
In 1925, he also raced an [[Itala (company)|Itala]] at Brooklands with the name '' 'The Blue Bird' '' painted on the bonnet.<ref name="Villa" >{{cite book |
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=== Sir Malcolm Campbell === |
=== Sir Malcolm Campbell === |
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For completeness, earlier cars raced by Campbell and named 'Blue Bird' are also listed here. Dates are indicative only. |
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* [[Sunbeam 350HP]]: 1923 (renamed after Campbell's purchase) |
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[[File:Bluebird land speed record car 1935 rc10413.jpg|thumb|[[Campbell-Railton Blue Bird]]]] |
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* 1906 ''Blue Bird''; [[Darracq and Company London|Darracq]] 10½ litre, originally named 'Flapper'<ref name="MotorSportMag">{{cite web |last1=Boddy |first1=Bill |title=Three Darracqs |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1994/80/three-darracqs/ |website=motorsportmagazine.com |date=7 July 2014 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* [[Napier-Campbell Blue Bird]]: 1927–1928 |
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* 1911 ''Blue Bird II''; Darracq "Four-inch" BJ-578<ref>{{cite web |title=Campbell, Guinness and Minchin, in three Darracqs outside Campbell's house, Bromley, Kent, 19 July 1913 |url=https://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/collection/malcolm-campbell-is-in-bluebird-on-the-left-kenelm-guinness-his-1908-darracq-tt-car-automobile-motorcar-middle-and-neville-minchin-another-blue-bird-ex-campbell-right-date-19-july-1913-outside-campbells-house-bromley-kent-bird |website=stilltimecollection.co.uk |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Three Darracqs |url=https://svvs.org/Darracq_GP_Car_of_the_1908_TT_Races.shtml |website=svvs.org (Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society) |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* [[Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird]]: 1931–1932 |
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* 1912 ''Blue Bird''; [[Lorraine-Dietrich]] (race number 5)<ref>{{cite web |title=1912 Lorraine-Dietrich at Brooklands |url=https://motoringpicturelibrary.com/index.php/mpl_images/1912-lorraine-dietrich-blue-bird-at-brooklands-with-malcolm-campbell |website=motoringpicturelibrary.com |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* [[Campbell-Railton Blue Bird]]: 1933–1935 |
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* 1913 ''Blue Bird III''; Darracq "Four-inch" LN-870 (race number 2)<ref name="MotorSportMag" /><ref>{{cite web |title=1912 Blue Bird Darracq Malcolm Campbell |url=https://motoringpicturelibrary.com/index.php/mpl_images/1912-blue-bird-darracq-malcolm-campbell-and-godfrey-waters |website=motoringpicturelibrary.com |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* 1922 ''The Blue Bird''; [[Itala (company)|Itala]] 2-litre (race number 5)<ref>{{cite web |title=Campbell in 2-litre Itala car at Brooklands |url=https://www.alamy.com/campbell-in-2-litre-itala-car-marked-the-blue-bird-after-winning-race-at-brooklands-speed-82-mph-spectators-behind-image504921097.html |website=alamy.com |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* 1923 ''Blue Bird''; [[Sunbeam 350HP]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sunbeam - The Supreme Car |url=http://historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Sunbeam/Speed.htm |website=historywebsite.co.uk |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* 1927 ''Blue Bird II''; [[Napier-Campbell Blue Bird]]; [[Napier Lion|Napier Lion V]] engine (ca 500hp) |
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* 1928 ''Blue Bird III''; [[Napier-Campbell Blue Bird]]; rebuilt with [[Napier Lion|Napier Lion VIIA]] engine (ca 900hp) |
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* 1931 ''Blue Bird IV''; [[Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird]]<ref>{{cite web |title=news-photo/february-24-1932, Sir Malcolm Campbell and Bluebird-IV |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/february-24-1932-sir-malcolm-campbell-and-his-bluebird-iv-news-photo/156389083 |website=www.gettyimages.co.uk |date=14 November 2012 |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> |
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* 1933 ''Blue Bird V''; [[Campbell-Railton Blue Bird]]: rebuilt with [[Rolls-Royce R]] engine (#R37)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holter |first1=Steve |title=Leap into Legend |date=2002 |publisher=Sigma Press |location=Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK |isbn=1-85058-804-X |page=42 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Campbell Railton Blue Bird V |url=https://www.bluebird-electric.net/bluebird_history/campbell_railton_blue_bird_rolls_royce_land_speed_record_car.htm |website=www.bluebird-electric.net |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> |
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=== Donald Campbell === |
=== Donald Campbell === |
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[[File:BluebirdBeaulieu2.jpg|thumb|[[Bluebird-Proteus CN7]]]] |
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* [[Bluebird-Proteus CN7]] |
* [[Bluebird-Proteus CN7]] |
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* [[Bluebird Mach 1.1]] (CMN-8) ''never built'' |
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=== Donald Wales === |
=== Donald Wales === |
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=== Sir Malcolm Campbell === |
=== Sir Malcolm Campbell === |
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[[File:Malcolm Campbell le 19 août 1939 sur Bluebird K4 1750CV, record mondial de vitesse aquatique à Coniston Water, Lancashire (226,784 kmh).jpg|thumb|[[Blue Bird K4]]]] |
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* [[Blue Bird K3]] |
* [[Blue Bird K3]] |
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* [[Blue Bird K4]] |
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Latest revision as of 03:11, 19 November 2024
Blue Bird or Bluebird is the name of various cars and boats used by Sir Malcolm Campbell, his son Donald and other family members to set land and water speed records.
Origins of the name
[edit]The name Blue Bird was originally inspired by the play of that name by Maurice Maeterlinck,[1] and the vehicles were painted a shade of azure blue.
Malcolm Campbell had a succession of Darracq racing cars in the 1920s, which in the fashion of the day he had named 'Flapper I' , 'Flapper II' and 'Flapper III' . It was 'Flapper III' which he renamed after seeing the play, famously and impetuously knocking up a paint shop owner at night, so as to purchase blue paint before racing at Brooklands the following day.[2]
In 1925, he also raced an Itala at Brooklands with the name 'The Blue Bird' painted on the bonnet.[3]
Bluebird or Blue Bird?
[edit]Malcolm Campbell named them "Blue Bird", Donald "Bluebird".
The hydroplane K4 began life as Malcolm's "Blue Bird", but when Donald decided to use her in 1949, after his father's death, he renamed her "Bluebird".[2]
Cars
[edit]Sir Malcolm Campbell
[edit]For completeness, earlier cars raced by Campbell and named 'Blue Bird' are also listed here. Dates are indicative only.
- 1906 Blue Bird; Darracq 10½ litre, originally named 'Flapper'[4]
- 1911 Blue Bird II; Darracq "Four-inch" BJ-578[5][6]
- 1912 Blue Bird; Lorraine-Dietrich (race number 5)[7]
- 1913 Blue Bird III; Darracq "Four-inch" LN-870 (race number 2)[4][8]
- 1922 The Blue Bird; Itala 2-litre (race number 5)[9]
- 1923 Blue Bird; Sunbeam 350HP[10]
- 1927 Blue Bird II; Napier-Campbell Blue Bird; Napier Lion V engine (ca 500hp)
- 1928 Blue Bird III; Napier-Campbell Blue Bird; rebuilt with Napier Lion VIIA engine (ca 900hp)
- 1931 Blue Bird IV; Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird[11]
- 1933 Blue Bird V; Campbell-Railton Blue Bird: rebuilt with Rolls-Royce R engine (#R37)[12][13]
Donald Campbell
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- Bluebird-Proteus CN7
- Bluebird Mach 1.1 (CMN-8) never built
Donald Wales
[edit] | This section needs additional citations for verification. (July 2021) |
Donald Wales, grandson of Malcolm Campbell and nephew of Donald Campbell, has contested the world electric powered land speed record. He was also the test driver for the British Steam Car Inspiration,[14] which broke the steam-powered land speed record. He was also the driver for Project Runningblade,[15] setting the world land speed record for a lawnmower.
Boats
[edit]Sir Malcolm Campbell
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Donald Campbell
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- Bluebird K4: renamed in 1949, destroyed in 1951
- Bluebird K7: 1955–1967
Gina Campbell
[edit]Gina Campbell, daughter of Donald Campbell, has contested the women's world water speed record.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Scott A. G. M. Crawford, "Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885–1948)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 25 July 2008
- ^ a b Tremayne, David (2005). Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-81511-3.
- ^ Leo Villa and Kevin Desmond (1979). Life with the Speed King. London: Marshall Harris & Baldwin. ISBN 0-906116-06-6.
- ^ a b Boddy, Bill (7 July 2014). "Three Darracqs". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Campbell, Guinness and Minchin, in three Darracqs outside Campbell's house, Bromley, Kent, 19 July 1913". stilltimecollection.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Three Darracqs". svvs.org (Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "1912 Lorraine-Dietrich at Brooklands". motoringpicturelibrary.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "1912 Blue Bird Darracq Malcolm Campbell". motoringpicturelibrary.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Campbell in 2-litre Itala car at Brooklands". alamy.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Sunbeam - The Supreme Car". historywebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "news-photo/february-24-1932, Sir Malcolm Campbell and Bluebird-IV". www.gettyimages.co.uk. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Holter, Steve (2002). Leap into Legend. Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK: Sigma Press. p. 42. ISBN 1-85058-804-X.
- ^ "Campbell Railton Blue Bird V". www.bluebird-electric.net. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Steam car record tests completed BBC News, 1 April 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2021
- ^ Lawn mower man eyes speed record BBC News, 1 December 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2021
External links
[edit]- Bluebird Electric
- Bluebird Project
- "Race For Higher Speed On Land and in Air" Popular Mechanics, March 1933