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Contents 1 Copyvio? 2 Bad taste, but true 3 Last Words? 4 Category:Bluebird record-breaking vehicles

[edit] Copyvio?

The following seems to be the source of a large part of this article and has a copyright notice on it:

http://www.bluebird-electric.net/donald_campbell_cbe.htm

However, this text is distributed throughout the Internet and I'm not sure which came first.

Mark Hurd 05:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad taste, but true

'Campbell's headless body was recovered from the lake on May 28, 2001. He was laid to rest in Coniston cemetery on 12 September 2001 after a funeral service in Coniston village attended by his wife Tonia, daughter Gina, other members of his family, members of his former team, and admirers.'

217.134.241.49mp217.134.241.49

[edit] Last Words?

In a sidebar, the source given (BBC article about preserving the tape to CD format) lists his last words as:
"I Can't see much, the water's very bad indeed... I'm getting a lot of bloody row in here... I've got the bows up... I've gone"

The body text says:
His last words were: "The water's dark green and I can't see a bloody thing. Hallo the bow is up. I'm going. I'm on my back. I'm gone." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 52.129.8.48 (talk) 15:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC).

To be honest, irrespective of what the BBC report says, his very last words have always seemed very clear to me:

"I've got the bows up..... I'm going!.... Oh" rather than "I've gone"

[edit] Category:Bluebird record-breaking vehicles

I've started a cat. for listing the various Bluebirds. Assistance is very welcome, particularly with writing articles to go into it. I can't believe there isn't yet an article on Bluebird K7! I intend to list everything ASAP, then worry about individual expansion later
- Andy Dingley (talk) 18:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)