The name Blue Bird was originally inspired by the play of that name by Maurice Maeterlinck, [1] and the vehicles were painted a shade of azure blue.. Malcolm Campbell had a succession of Darracq racing cars in the 1920s, which in the fashion of the day he had named 'Flapper I' , 'Flapper II' and 'Flapper III' .It was 'Flapper III' which he …

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.

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.

The car evolved over the years with each successive attempt at the land speed record. Its initial sleek and elegant appearance foretold the design of racing cars in the 1930s. In 1928, Campbell drove this second "Blue Bird" to set the record at Daytona of 206.956 mph on February 19, 1928.

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. [1] This was Campbell's first car to use the Napier Lion aero engine.

2021年3月24日 · Sir Malcolm Campbell set 9 land speed records and 4 water speed records between 1924 and 1939 in a variety of aero-engined cars and powerboats all named 'Blue Bird'. Read more about his pursuit of speed in the first part of this article.

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.

1926 Napier Campbell Bluebird Top Speed: 174.88 mph. The 450 horse-power Napier-Campbell was a masterpiece of machinery, built without regard to cost, it afforded no compromise in design or engineering, a car bred from the single-mindedness and …

Captain and sir malcolm campbell speed ace and his world record bluebird cars and boats, K3, K4, Railton Blue bird, Sunbeam bluebird.

Campbell purchased and modified the 350hp car, painted it in his favourite shade of blue and named it 'Blue Bird' after his Brooklands racing cars. The Sunbeam Blue Bird of Malcolm Campbell was a 350hp aircraft engined car, already with a significant racing pedigree.