BLUEBIRD AND GREENBIRD
by Wal Bowles
| On 13 May 1963
our crew was en route from Broken Hill to Tennant Creek in Hudson
aircraft VH-AGE. Mike Wood thought it would be a good idea to get
some aerial photographs of Donald Campbell’s world speed record
attempt in his “Bluebird” on the dry bed of Lake Eyre. An airstrip
had been graded onto the lake as part of Donald Campbell’s preparations
and when we overflew, a very English voice, presumably Donald Campbell,
invited us down for morning tea. Unfortunately the strip was unsuitable
for a Lockheed Hudson aircraft, otherwise we would have accepted.
We did, however, get some photographs of the Bluebird, even though
surface conditions were not, apparently, suitable on the day for
a land speed record attempt. Wal Bowles 11th February 2003 |