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Bluebird K7 returns to Coniston Water after 59 years
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Bluebird K7 returns to Coniston Water after 59 years

Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird K7 hydroplane has returned to Coniston Water for the first time since his fatal 1967 crash. The craft was lowered into the lake at the start of a week-long festival marking the 70th anniversary of Campbell's first world water speed record.

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