Donald Campbell's Bluebird makes first water test - Amy Lea reports

©ITV NEWS GROUP 2018 - COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND IS USED FOR EDUCATIONAL & REFERENCE USE. For over a decade, Donald Campbell's Bluebird has been painstakingly restored in a garage in North Tyneside. The iconic powerboat has been re-painted and re-surfaced but Bill Smith, who has lead the restoration work, was keen to preserve as much of the original materials and features as possible. The hydroplane crashed in January 1967 killing her pilot, Donald Campbell, as he attempted to break the water speed record on Coniston Water in the Lake District. Bluebird was travelling at over 300mph when the craft flipped and crashed. Amy Lea reports.