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After a year of inactivity our old friend, Bluebird K7 was shipped to Wales last month to have an engine fitted. Now first and foremost,...

Friday was always going to be the last day of our faster runs. We'd calculated a long time ago that 150mph was about the maximum safe...

By now we were really beginning to coalesce into a very slick team and we arrived at the side of Loch Fad to find a pleasant 14 degrees...

There's not a lot to report on K7 at the moment. The RM is rapidly learning that the canopy is difficult, there's still no spray baffles,...

Could you find a machete thrown into a river using sonar? Hopefully we’re back on track now. Having to reply to that ridiculous open...

Dear trustees, Your open letter was read with dismay and some team members have responded privately to which I add my thoughts, which...

If you've read Part One you'll know there have been attempts to belittle the work, equipment and skills employed in finding the Bluebird...

The RM have issued a letter but their link doesn't work so here it is.

Now that K7 is out of her workshop and in the wing we get a lot of feedback on what's going on because anyone who looks at K7 and is in...

We've been subjected to several weird and wonderful acts of awkwardness at the hands of those who run the Ruskin Museum. For example,...

It's been a while since I last sat down to write something. Apart from an obituary, that is. The main reason is I've just been too busy...

Our old mate and BBP team member, Alan 'Doddy' Dodds sadly passed away this week. * Way back many years ago we were contacted by a bloke...

Just a few paragraphs because, sadly, life is now extinct in the big tin machine. Off went the battery charger for the final time and out...

As the news is out we'd best say something. When we returned from Bute in 2018 we had dates to run on Coniston Water for the following...

This was to be a puzzle. I've made many things out of metal before but a huge pair of webbed feet was to be a first. I'd done the rest of...

With the wings made, Victor needed a body and the level of detail had now been established at higher than intended so it had to be right....

Since I took to Twitter or X or whatever it is nowadays with a couple of pictures of Victor the pelican (I will get to how he got his...

I've not written much this year because basically I've had a year where I haven't been full time on the project, my first since 2001. I...

Because it's possible we'll have a long delay in this endlessly twisting and turning journey on which we're embarked, the team had a sit...

Just a short note at the end of what was a busy week but at least I learned a new skill. I am now incredibly adept at putting printed...