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2,300 hp 36.7 litre supercharged Rolls-Royce R V12. Dimensions. Wheelbase. 13ft 8in (4.17 m), Track front 5ft 3in (1.60 m), rear 5 feet (1.5 m) Length. 27 feet (8.2 m) Curb weight. 95 cwt (4.75 tons) The Campbell-Railton Blue Bird was Sir Malcolm Campbell 's final land speed record car.
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times, using vehicles called Blue Bird , including a 1921 Grand Prix Sunbeam .
The Napier-Campbell Blue Bird was a land speed record car driven by Malcolm Campbell. Its designer was C. Amherst Villiers and Campbell's regular mechanic Leo Villa supervised its construction. This was Campbell's first car to use the Napier Lion aero engine.
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It was just over 80 years ago to the day that Sir Malcolm Campbell drove his beloved car known as Blue Bird straight into the record books. He became the first human being to reach 300mph behind the wheel of an automobile, that is if you want to consider the Blue Bird an automobile.
Sir Malcolm Campbell (born March 11, 1885 in Chiselhurst, Kent, England - died December 31, 1948) gained the world speed record on Land and on Water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called Bluebird.
Sep 3, 2007 · 1935: Malcolm Campbell, at the wheel of his last customized "Bluebird" car, becomes the first driver to travel over 300 mph, breaking his own land-speed record for the ninth time in the...
Malcolm Campbell (born March 11, 1885, Chislehurst, Kent [now in Greater London], England—died December 31, 1948, Reigate, Surrey) was a British automobile-racing driver who set world speed records on land and on water. A pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, Campbell became interested in automobile racing.
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