The record-breaking Bluebird K7, which crashed on the Lake District’s Coniston Water in 1967, killing its pilot, could soon run again on the iconic lake. The hydroplane flipped into the air and disintegrated as Donald Campbell attempted to break the 300mph barrier and set a new world water speed record 57 years ago. Thousands of people turned out at the weekend to welcome Bluebird back to the Lake District where it will go on permanent display at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston.
Jeff Carroll, vice chairman of trustees of the museum, told Sky News that bringing the vessel to the wing, opened in 2010 and named Bluebird in its honour, was like putting 'the diamond back in the ring.
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