Tim Ingram Design

In 1967, Donald Campbell met his demise in his turbo jet engine speedboat called Bluebird K7 while striving to surpass the water speed record, aiming for speeds exceeding 300 miles per hour. The evening before the attempt, during a card game, Campbell drew the Queen and the Ace of Spades. Recalling that Mary, Queen of Scots, drew the same cards before her beheading, he shared a fearful premonition with his mechanics, who were also playing cards with him, expressing an ominous sense that he was destined to "get the chop" the next day. The wreckage from the crash remained undiscovered until the period between October 2000 and May 2001, a span of 34 years after the incident. Campbell's body was found in his blue coveralls, confirming his fears as he had been decapitated in the crash.