Donald Campbell CBE tried for the 300mph World Water Speed Record on Coniston Water in Bluebird K7 before it ended in tragedy.

Donald Campbell's Bluebird has had a new jet engine installed as part of efforts to run the record-breaking craft in the Lake District next year. The hydroplane was transported from Coniston's Ruskin ...

John Ruskin [1819-1900] was the prophetic seer of his age, a world famous pundit on art, architecture & moral values. Architect of The Welfare State, he was a pioneering ecologist, & 'Green' activist.

The hydroplane was transported from Coniston's Ruskin Museum to the Aircraft Heritage Trust at St Athan, South Wales, last month where it had a 101 Orpheus engine fitted and tested. Campbell was ...