19K views · 406 reactions | In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell set one of...

90 years ago this week, on the 5th February 1931, Malcolm Campbell set a new World Land Speed record of 246 mph (396km/h) at Daytona in the Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird. This great clip from the Pathé archive captures the action. This was Malcolm Campbell’s 5th World Land Speed record, his previous one set in 1928 in the Campbell-Napier Blue Bird having been beaten by Henry Seagrave in his Golden Arrow. Campbell’s success in 1931 led him to be knighted as Sir Malcolm Campbell. Not resting o

3.3K views · 71 reactions | 90 years ago next month Sir Malcolm Campbell set a new World Land Speed record of 246.09mph at Daytona in the supercharged Napier Lion-engined Blue Bird. This video from the Pathé archive features the Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird being introduced by Campbell just a few weeks earlier. #MuseumfromHome #LoveBrooklands | Brooklands Museum | Facebook

8.6K views · 77 reactions | Today in 1955, Donald Campbell was on Ullswater, testing the Bluebird K7 ahead of his attempts to break the world water speed record. "I think it will be June before we are in any position to make an attack on the record" He was right, he broke the record on June 23rd 1955. | BBC Archive | Facebook

This month marks 100 years since Malcolm Campbell's original Sunbeam Bluebird took to Pendine Sands to set a world speed record of 146.16mph. A fitting reason to return with our very own Super 3 Bluebird, piloted by Malcolm's grandson, Donald Wales. It was Wales' uncle, Donald Campbell, and his creation Bluebird CN7, that inspired the Super 3 Bluebird commission. And whilst we weren't trying to set a land speed record in Super 3, the film pays homage to an incredible British pioneer. Discover Bl