SIR Malcolm Campbell’s world-famous Land Speed Record Breaker, the Blue Bird V, has joined the two Blue Bird record breakers already on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu in the New Forest, following their first ever display together in the UK at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Sir Malcolm set a land speed record of 276.82mph in the Blue Bird V at Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, in February 1935 and then went on to become the first person to exceed 300mph when he achieved a record 301.129mph in it at Bonneville salt flats, Utah, in September of the same year.
This is only the second time in the vehicle’s history that Blue Bird V has crossed the Atlantic from its home at the Daytona International Speedway to the UK, giving visitors to Beaulieu a rare opportunity to see this magnificent motoring icon on display alongside other members of the Blue Bird family in the museum.
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