5/3/2023 0 Comments Shower power bluebird films![]() ![]() ![]() (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Gina Campbell, the daughter of the late Donald Campbell CBE, poses with Whoppit, the teddy bear mascot belonging to her father with pilot and restoration engineer Bill Smith. The rebuilt vessel, whose K7 designation relates to the special “unlimited rating” insurance category applied by Lloyd’s for world speed record hydroplanes, has already reached 150mph and there are proposals to take it on tour to the corners of Australia and Florida where Donald Campbell set previous records prior to the 1967 disaster. Ms Campbell said: “What Bluebird is now is so very different and more beautiful than could have been envisaged some 17 or 18 years ago. What Bill and his volunteers and contributors have achieved is totally mind blowing. ![]() ![]() “To take this living, breathing, working machine and lock it away in a static state for the rest of time would be criminal in my opinion. The public around the world need to see her doing what she does best out on the water. ![]()
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