Bluebird CN7

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Bluebird CN7 was a jet-powered land speed record car driven by Donald Campbell in the early 1960s in his pursuit of world speed records.

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Bluebird CN7 canonical 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet-powered car ⓘ
land speed record car ⓘ
associatedPerson Donald Campbell ⓘ
Ken Norris ⓘ
bodyStyle streamlined enclosed-wheel car ⓘ
brakingSystem air brakes ⓘ
disc brakes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
currentLocation National Motor Museum, Beaulieu ⓘ
designedFor World Land Speed Record ⓘ
linked to: ThrustSSC
designer Ken Norris ⓘ
driver Donald Campbell ⓘ
drivetrainLayout four-wheel drive ⓘ
engineConfiguration turboprop-derived free-turbine jet ⓘ
enginePowerOutput approximately 4,000 shp ⓘ
engineType gas turbine ⓘ
exhibitAt National Motor Museum, Beaulieu ⓘ
firstMajorAccidentDescription high-speed crash during record attempt at Bonneville ⓘ
firstMajorAccidentLocation Bonneville Salt Flats ⓘ
firstMajorAccidentYear 1960 ⓘ
firstTestLocation Bonneville Salt Flats ⓘ
fuelType kerosene jet fuel ⓘ
hasFeature enclosed cockpit ⓘ
single central fin in later configuration ⓘ
stabilising tail fin ⓘ
twin tail fins in early configuration ⓘ
height approximately 1.1 metres ⓘ
length approximately 9.6 metres ⓘ
material aluminium monocoque ⓘ
namedAfter Blue Bird racing tradition of Malcolm Campbell ⓘ
numberOfWheels 4 ⓘ
operatedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
postRebuildModifications revised suspension ⓘ
revised tail fin ⓘ
powertrain Bristol-Siddeley Proteus gas turbine engine ⓘ
rebuiltAfterAccident true ⓘ
recordAttemptLocation Lake Eyre, South Australia ⓘ
recordDriver Donald Campbell ⓘ
recordedSpeed 403.10 mph ⓘ
648.73 km/h ⓘ
recordSettingDate 1964-07-17 ⓘ
recordStatus broke previous wheel-driven land speed record ⓘ
recordType World Land Speed Record (wheel-driven cars) ⓘ
sponsor British Petroleum ⓘ
Dunlop ⓘ
successor Bluebird-Proteus CN7 project for further development ⓘ
tyreSupplier Dunlop ⓘ
tyreType special smooth high-speed tyres ⓘ
weight over 4 tonnes ⓘ
wheelbase approximately 4.9 metres ⓘ
width approximately 2.4 metres ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Donald Campbell → notableWork → Bluebird CN7 ⓘ
Donald Campbell → vehicleUsed → Bluebird CN7 ⓘ
Bluebird cars and boats → hasProduct → Bluebird CN7 ⓘ