Campbell / Norris CN.8 Bluebird LSR. proposal

[TsrJoe]

BLUEBIRD CMN-8 ROCKET MACH 1.1 LSR CAR DONALD CAMPBELL WORLD LAND SPEED RECORDS

Bluebird CMN-8 rocket world land speed record car of Donald Campbell, Mach 1.1 CN8, Malcolm Campbell Heritage Trust, Ken Norris.

www.bluebird-electric.net

model photographs, Ruskin Museum, Conniston

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[Archibald]

Looks like a Vickers Type 559 without the wings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Type_559
Would have been glorious !

 

[The K2]

If I remember right, Donald Campbell was the first to propose a supersonic car. Two years later, the anime series Speed Racer had an episode about such a car. The creators were clearly inspired by Campbell’s idea. Although they used a jet engine for story reasons. See the screencaps: