BLUEBIRD HAS TRIAL RUN
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LAKE EYRE. May 12 The British driver. Donald Campbell, said yesterday that his Bluebird jet car behaved "quite well" in a trial run earlier in the day in which it reached an official speed of 240 miles an hdur. Campbell said the "Hobson's choice" track now had been roughly completed, apart from the last two miles, which was very wet The total length of the run is 14 miles. Campbell said that no Hood reports had been received today, but a check would be made after the Bluebird had run again today.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630513.2.190
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CII, Issue 30129, 13 May 1963, Page 18
Word Count
99BLUEBIRD HAS TRIAL RUN Press, Volume CII, Issue 30129, 13 May 1963, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.