Malcolm Campbell - Wikipedia Major Sir Malcolm Campbell (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
Campbell-Railton Blue Bird - Wikipedia The Campbell-Railton Blue Bird was Sir Malcolm Campbell 's final land speed record car His previous Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird of 1931 was rebuilt significantly The overall layout and the simple twin deep chassis rails remained, but little else
Malcolm Campbell | Biography, Records, Facts | Britannica His son Donald Malcolm Campbell set subsequent land- and water-speed records Each of Campbell’s racing cars and hydroplanes was named Bluebird, for the play L’Oiseau bleu (“The Bluebird”) by the Belgian dramatist Maurice Maeterlinck Campbell was knighted in 1931
Sir Malcolm Campbell - Motorsports Hall of Fame of America On September 3, 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell, at age fifty, piloted this last "Blue Bird," and set a land speed record of 301 13 mph at Bonneville Due to timing and scoring problems, the speed was not confirmed until the next day as preparations were being made for another run