Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird
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campbell-napier-railton-blue-bird-262-710564
title:
Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird
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The Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird was a land speed record car driven by Malcolm Campbell. After Henry Segrave's Golden Arrow, clearly a more powerful engine was required for Blue Bird, with a chassis and transmission to handle it. A supercharged Napier Lion VIID was used, with over three times the power of the previous Blue Bird and a large premium over Golden Arrow's unsupercharged 900 hp (670 kW) Lion VIIA. This was not the first use of supercharging for Land Speed Record cars, but was the
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Motor vehicle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell-Napier-Railton_Blue_Bird
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date modified:
2024-03-05T20:34:29Z
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