CUP FOR SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL
WORLD’S WATER SPEED RECORD LONDON, September 14. A silver cup presented by Edward VII in 1870 for competition for schooners, found in an. antique shop, was presented to Sir Malcolm Campbell by Lord Louis Mountbatten on behalf of the Royal Automobile Club for his world’s water speed record. Sir Malcolm jokingly referred to the possibility of gaining the world’s air record when he said: “When I’m 60 I intend to build a Bluebird aeroplane and make an attempt on the record.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23306, 16 September 1937, Page 5
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86CUP FOR SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL Southland Times, Issue 23306, 16 September 1937, Page 5
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