Donald Malcolm Campbell (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. Bluebird CN7 was the most advanced car in the world and was powered by a specially modified Bristol-Siddeley Proteus free-turbine engine, designed to achieve 475–500 mph and was completed by the spring of the end of 1962, CN7 was shipped out to Australia ready for the new speed attempt in July 1964. he achieved speeds of mph ( km/h).
Donald Malcolm Campbell (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. Bluebird CN7 was the most advanced car in the world and was powered by a specially modified Bristol-Siddeley Proteus free-turbine engine, designed to achieve 475–500 mph and was completed by the spring of the end of 1962, CN7 was shipped out to Australia ready for the new speed attempt in July 1964. he achieved speeds of mph ( km/h).
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