AJAXNETPHOTO. - 1939 (?). LAKE CONISTON, ENGLAND. - SPEED RECORD - SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S THREE POINT HYDROPLANE BLUEBIRD K4 SET A WATER SPEED RECORD ON 19TH AUGUST, 1939 OF MPH. THE BOAT WAS BUILT BY VOSPER LTD AND POWERED BY A ROLLS ROYCE R ENGINE. K4 WAS MODIFIED POST WAR AND FITTED WITH A DE HAVILAND GOBLIN II TURBO JET ENGINE AND NICKNAMED 'THE SLIPPER'. NO NEW RECORDS WERE MADE WITH THE BOAT DURING SPEED TRIALS IN 1947 AND 1948. PHOTO:VT COLLECTION/AJAX REF:VT368
AJAXNETPHOTO. - 1939 (?). LAKE CONISTON, ENGLAND. - SPEED RECORD - SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S THREE POINT HYDROPLANE BLUEBIRD K4 SET A WATER SPEED RECORD ON 19TH AUGUST, 1939 OF MPH. THE BOAT WAS BUILT BY VOSPER LTD AND POWERED BY A ROLLS ROYCE R ENGINE. K4 WAS MODIFIED POST WAR AND FITTED WITH A DE HAVILAND GOBLIN II TURBO JET ENGINE AND NICKNAMED 'THE SLIPPER'. NO NEW RECORDS WERE MADE WITH THE BOAT DURING SPEED TRIALS IN 1947 AND 1948. PHOTO:VT COLLECTION/AJAX REF:VT368
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Location: LAKE CONISTON, ENGLAND.
Photo credit: © AJAXNETPHOTO/COLLECTIONS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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