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Bluebird K7 on Loch Fad, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 takes to the water once again!
It's been over half a century since Donald Campbell became the only person to hold both the world land and water speed records simultaneously,the latter set in his jet-engined hydroplane, Bluebird K7, which crashed tragically on Coniston Water on 4th January, 1967.
It has taken 17 painstaking years and a small army of dedicated volunteers to restore Bluebird to her former glory and from 4th to 16th August 2018 this iconic craft undertook crew training at 'Loch Fad Fisheries' on Loch Fad on the Isle of Bute.
The Loch, usually better known for its outstanding trout and pike fishing waters, saw Bluebird's team work out how best to handle the craft which can reach speeds of up to 276 miles per hour.
Bill Smith, the project leader, has had a love of Bute since his fishing trips here as a teenager and then as a diver. He says: "Loch Fad is perfect for this crew-training exercise. It's just long enough for Bluebird to get moving and just deep enough that it won't be too difficult for divers to retrieve any dropped tools!" "It's pretty exciting for us right now because we've just ground-tested Bluebird and all her systems are running beautifully.
When she was put in the water at Loch Fad it was the first time in 50 years that Bluebird's engine was started while afloat."
During these photos Bluebird was piloted by Ted Walsh
A HUGE thank you to the wonderful people on Bute who made us all feel so welcome
Location : on the crazy road/
a happy ending in my 1st week,
il7imdillah :) .. the battery was the issue ! ..
VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 17: A Zamboni ice resurfacing machine on the ice at the Richmond Olympic Oval prior to the start of the men's speed skating 1000 m finals on day six of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on February 17, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
February 2015
Cycle Speed Dating - a dating event for like-minded people who like bikes.
From Boris bike weekend riders to Olympic cyclists, Brompton lovers and tourers. Meet 15 plus people for 3 minute dates at Look mum no hands! Mare Street. Ticket also includes a free drink. We host a dating event roughly every two/three months.
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Fernando Alonso at the Singapore F1 GP 2011. Art filter applied in PP.
© 2012 CP Cheah. All rights reserved.
HItting a large piece of glass with a hammer. Unfortunately, the sound of glass hitting the table caused the flash to fire again creating a double exposure. Jeff's angle
"Speed. O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible,
As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple!" - William Shakespeare in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
These are the girls that very kindly supplied us with beer all weekend it was the beer that compromised the quality of this photo!
This picture was taken at the Festival of Speed in Goodwood in 2007. This is a Mclaren F1 car in Harrods colours.
Retired from fast jets, this man drives fast cars instead, 64 years of age and flat through Turn 4 at Rockingham, this is my Dad.
Stobist: I had a 5 min window of opportunity whilst the pit lane was closed to set this up. Very strong sun light from low left - Sb800 with improvised snoot from packed lunch container onto subjects face, Sb600 to provide highlights to car and add some '3dness' to subjects torso - Manual exposure - 2 stops, speedlights set to TTL and activated by Nikon CLS