(July 25, 2013) LONDON — Sir Malcolm Campbell’s world-famous land speed record breaker, the Blue Bird V, has joined the two Blue Bird record breakers already on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, following their first ever display together in the UK at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Sir Malcolm Campbell set a land speed record of 276.82 mph in the Blue Bird V at Daytona Beach, Fla., in February 1935 and then went on to become the first person to exceed 300 mph when he achieved a record 301.129 mph in it at Bonneville salt flats, Utah, in September of the same year.

This is only the second time in the vehicle’s history that Blue Bird V has crossed the Atlantic from its home at the Daytona International Speedway to the UK, giving visitors to Beaulieu an incredibly rare opportunity to see this magnificent motoring icon on display alongside other members of the Blue Bird family in the museum.

It joins the Bluebird CN7, driven by Sir Malcom Campbell’s son, Donald, to a land speed record of 403.10 mph at Lake Eyre, Australia in 1964, and another of Sir Malcolm Campbell’s Land Speed Record Breakers, the Sunbeam 350 hp – which he renamed Blue Bird and drove to two record speeds at Pendine Sands; 146.16 mph in 1924, and 150.766 mph in 1925.

Beaulieu commercial director, Stephen Munn, said: “Beaulieu has been home to Donald Campbell’s Bluebird CN7 since the 1960s, so it is wonderful to finally see his father’s most famous Land Speed Record Breaker, the Blue Bird V, displayed alongside it in the museum. To see these legendary vehicles together is an unforgettable experience, and we hope that by having them on display, they will inspire a whole new young generation and reignite the interest in land speed record breaking.”

Visitors to Beaulieu can also see Major Henry Segrave’s Sunbeam 1,000 hp which he drove to a record-breaking speed of 203.793 mph at Daytona Beach in 1927.

This Blue Bird display will only be on show for a few months, as the Blue Bird V will be making its return journey across the Atlantic at the end of November.