Bluebird back on the water decades after deadly crash

An iconic hydroplane has returned to Coniston Water for the first time in nearly six decades since the infamous crash that killed its pilot.The Bluebird K7, piloted by Donald Campbell, reached a top-speed of 276 miles per hour and set several water speed records before Mr Campbell crashed it in the hunt for a 300mph speed record on Coniston Water in the Lake District in January 1967.After spending 40 years decades gathering algae 142ft down in Coniston Water, the jet-propelled hydroplane was raised from the waters in 2001.And following extensive refurbishment and restoration, it will symbolically complete the runs than its daredevil pilot could not.Thousands are expected to line the lakeside at Coniston for the Bluebird K7 Festival running until Friday that - weather permitting - will see the Bluebird run each day.