Choice of Pilot

How did we select our pilot for Longbow? There is a lot more to driving a jet hydroplane than getting into the craft and putting your foot to the floor, and for this task you need someone with some pretty special qualities. You certainly need to have quick reactions...

Team back story part 3 ∞ Endeavour K10 & On to Longbow

The buck for the driver safety capsule built by the Team complete with F16 canopy In 2013 Helical had more pressing business matters to deal with as they purchased an additional factory and it became apparent to us that their initial aspirations to not only regularly...

Team back story part 2 ∞ The K777 Years

In 2008 David Aldred learnt of a loosely visual replica of Bluebird K7 in the early stages of being built relatively close to where he and Steve Hanson live. For much of the build she was called Silverbird due to the unpainted aluminium hull but would eventually be...

Team back story part 1 ∞ Bluebird K7

(Note from Donald Campbell’s daughter, Gina Campbell QSO, to David Aldred, thanking him for his work on restoring Bluebird K7) The simplest way of undertaking a venture like this is for the driver to also be the designer and builder of the craft, just like the...

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