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Bluebird K7 is a turbo jet engined hydroplane with which Britain’s Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records (WSR) during the later half of the 1950s and the 1960s. K7 was the first successful jet powered hydroplane and was considered revolutionary when launched in January 1955. Campbell and K7 were responsible for adding almost 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) to the WSR taking it from existing mark of 178 miles per hour (286 km/h) to just over 276 miles per hour (444 km/h).
