Leap into Legend: Donald Campbell and the Complete Story of the World Speed Records
Holter,Steve
Book
Author:
Imprint:
Sigma Leisure, 1 Sept. 2002
Collation:
23cm. 180 pages
Notes:
This is the life story of the most famous British record breakers on land and water: Donald Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm. It is also a story of the triumphs of British engineering between the two world wars - when huge and powerful aeroengines were being developed for the war effort, and ultimately used in peacetime to propel record-breaking cars and boats.While the Campbells take pride of place, the successes and failures of many others are also chronicled here - the dates, times and places - plus the official and unofficial speed records on land, water and even in space.Includes details of the tragic death of Donald Campbell in 1967, and reliable details of the many Bluebird cars, boats and planes built and destroyed during the 20th century.
ISBN:
185058804X
Language:
English
BRN:
4219033