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Supersonic car
ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC or Thrust SuperSonic Car is a British jet car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss. Thrust SSC
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Speed that exceeds the speed of sound
only one land vehicle has officially travelled at supersonic speed, the ThrustSSC. The vehicle, driven by Andy Green, holds the world land speed record
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English engineer (1932–2024)
responsible for the aerodynamics of the land speed record-holding vehicles, ThrustSSC and JCB Dieselmax, and was Chief Aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound SSC
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In-development land speed record car
Thrust2 across the Nevada desert. In 1997, he headed the project to build ThrustSSC, which was driven by Green at 763 mph (1,228 km/h), thereby breaking the
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Motor vehicle
Britain. The bid was successful, and today Thrust2 and its successor, ThrustSSC, are displayed at the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, England.
Thrust2
Rocket-powered land speed racing vehicle
on 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2014-03-20. "ThrustSSC - History - The Blue Flame". © SSC Programme Ltd, 1997. "ThrustSSC - History - The Blue Flame". © SSC Programme
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Governorate of Jordan
eastern part of the governorate, was the location of extensive tests of the ThrustSSC, the British-built currently fastest land vehicle in the world, which
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Scottish entrepreneur; holder of the land speed record from 1983 to 1997
speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock
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British turbofan engine family
Siddeley Trident IML Addax McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG1/FGR2 Xian JH-7 ThrustSSC Examples of the Rolls-Royce Spey are on public display at the: Beijing
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Ron Ayers led work on the aerodynamics, having previously worked on the ThrustSSC land speed record car. During the 2006 Bonneville Speed Week and subsequent
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British world land speed record holder (born 1962)
person ever to break the sound barrier on land. On 25 September 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, US, reaching a speed
Andy_Green_(RAF_officer)
Officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle
the Thrust series of land speed record cars Thrust2 which he drove, and ThrustSSC, the supersonic Land Speed Record holder since 1997, announced on a YouTube
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Mobile equipment that transports people, animals or cargo
Parachutes have been used in land, air and space vehicles such as the ThrustSSC, Eurofighter Typhoon and Apollo Command Module. Some older Soviet passenger
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the organization certifying the record, and the actual speed achieved. ThrustSSC, which has held the land speed record since 1997 VeloX3, formerly the
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Calendar year
the first supersonic land speed record for the ThrustSSC team, led by Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock
1997
ThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at 1,227.986 km/h (763.035 mph) set October 15, 1997.
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Cathedral city in the West Midlands, England
notable exhibits are the world speed record-breaking cars, Thrust2 and ThrustSSC The museum received a refurbishment in 2004 which included the creation
Coventry
Jet cars used by Craig Breedlove for his land speed records
1997, the vehicle badly damaged the engine on an early run. The British ThrustSSC twin-Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan-engined LSR car upped the record to 763 mph
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Air base in Jordan
October 1996, the airfield was used by an Antonov An-124 to fly in the ThrustSSC jet car for testing in the desert near Al-Jafr. On 4 November 2016, a
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Land speed record attempt
challenge the 763 mph (1,228 km/h) (Mach 1.02) land speed record set by the ThrustSSC in 1997. The venture was a collaboration between Canadian and US engineers
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Aircraft engine that produces thrust by emitting a jet of gas
with the all-time record held by a rocket car. A turbofan powered car, ThrustSSC, currently holds the land speed record.[citation needed] Jet engine designs
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Region of England
the world's first optical fibre submarine cable, and is 36 miles long. ThrustSSC, the fastest car in the world in 1997, was built in Aldingbourne, West
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Comparison of a wide range of speeds
Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018. "ThrustSSC". Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
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Northwest Nevada dry lake
Noble also headed up the team that beat the Thrust 2 record. In 1997, ThrustSSC, driven by Andy Green, became the world's first, and as of 2026 only,
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British aviator
in the Himalayas near Everest in 1986, and was a pilot/spotter for the ThrustSSC team in Jordan and in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Fédération Aéronautique
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Transport museum in Coventry, England
or speak to a curator. Notable exhibits in the museum are Thrust2 and ThrustSSC, the British jet cars which broke the land speed record in 1983 and 1997
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Topics referred to by the same term
type of rotary bearing Thrust (arch), a horizontal force in arch action ThrustSSC, and Thrust2, the land-speed record breaking cars Thrust (video game)
Thrust_(disambiguation)
Sudden increase of undesirable effects when an aircraft approaches the speed of sound
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile rules. The vehicle, called the ThrustSSC ("Super Sonic Car"), captured the record 50 years and one day after Yeager's
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Land speed record vehicle
"Art Arfons". Speedace.info. 2006. Shapiro, Harvey (1997). "Art Arfons". ThrustSSC Mach 1 Club. "Home". Green Monster #5. 2018. Hawley, Samuel (2011). "Green
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Rally Championship 1990s–present Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV ThrustSSC Land speed record 1996–1997 Audi Peugeot 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007–2011
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Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers). Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCB Dieselmax). Sir Mansel Aylward, 81, Welsh physician and academic
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Australian drag racing and land speed record-holder
featured in his life story documentary. List of vehicle speed records ThrustSSC Current record holder since 1997 North American Eagle Project aiming for
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the first supersonic land speed record for the ThrustSSC team, led by Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock
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Motor vehicle
heard at greater distances either, in marked contrast to the runs of ThrustSSC, which generated extensive and well attested sonic booms over a wide area
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Control of the direction of motion of vehicles and other objects
dollies, early pay loaders, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car, and the ThrustSSC. Rear wheel steering is particularly useful for tight maneuvring. However
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in Edinburgh, produce the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. The ThrustSSC jet-propelled car, designed and built in England, sets the land speed
List of British innovations and discoveries
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brochure 256 2014 Thrust Supersonic Car (ThrustSSC) The first car to officially exceed the speed of sound, the ThrustSSC Supersonic Vehicle. 1997 Coventry United
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(1940–2021). 1997: World Land Speed Record, 1,228 km/h (763 mph), achieved by ThrustSSC, a jet-propelled car designed and built in England. Project director:
List of English inventions and discoveries
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American motorsport driver and land speed record holder (1940–1984)
The faster-than-kilometer FIA LSR remained unbroken for 27 years until ThrustSSC went supersonic in 1997. Gabelich's racing career began early in the Southern
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American land speed record car
(London: Orbis), pp. 1164. Northey, pp. 1164–5. "White Triplex Special". ThrustSSC. "1928: White Triplex driven by Ray Keech". Unique Cars and Parts. Motorsport
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Aviation museum in Suffolk, England
One of the engines from ThrustSSC
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
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British awards for achievements in motorsport presented by Autosport
McLaren F1 GTR 1996 Renault Sport Renault V10 Formula One engine(s) 1997 ThrustSSC World land speed record 1998 Ken Tyrrell 1999 Don Panoz Jackie Stewart
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Ruleset for FIA motorsports
any kind of engine and the use of aerodynamic aid is allowed (like the ThrustSSC) Category D: cars which comply with the FIA regulations for dragracing
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Senior air defence specialist with the Royal Air Force
Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium. She was closely involved with the ThrustSSC land speed record attempt. "Air Cdre Jayne Millington FRAeS". aerosociety
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American race driver (1937–2023)
vehicle badly damaged the engine on an early run and when the British ThrustSSC managed over 700 mph (1,100 km/h), the re-engined Spirit could do no better
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British award
to 763.065 miles per hour (1,228.034 km/h) at Black Rock, Nevada, in ThrustSSC (pictured) – becoming the first person to break the sound barrier on land
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virus. October 15 – The first supersonic land speed record is set by the ThrustSSC team from the United Kingdom. November 23 – "Lisa the Skeptic" first broadcast
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Smartphone model
generated imagery. Richard Noble claimed that the car was a representation of ThrustSSC, a land speed record car that broke the sound barrier in 1997, and thus
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Award in engineering
November 2018 125 ThrustSSC Supersonic Car 5 February 2019 Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry CV1 1JD ThrustSSC Supersonic Car
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ron Ayers (1932–2024), British aeronautical engineer and designer of ThrustSSC Rowan Ayers (1922–2008), British television producer and poet Roy Ayers
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Car powered by an aircraft engine
468 km/h). In 1997, the world land speed record was bested once more by ThrustSSC, which achieved a speed of 763 mph (1,228 km/h) in the Black Rock Desert
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turbojet-powered car gets the land speed record to 1149 km/h. 15 October 1997: ThrustSSC first supersonic car, powered by two turbofans takes the land speed record
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List of distinguished people educated at Winchester College
Office Antony Beevor, military historian Richard Noble, designer of the ThrustSSC Timothy Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal Roy Dyckhoff, computer scientist
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breaks the land speed record at Black Rock in the Nevada desert. His ThrustSSC jet car sets an average speed of 714 mph, 81 mph faster than the previous
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Rally Land speed records Land speed racing List of vehicle speed records ThrustSSC National motorsport Australia Supercars Canada Finland France Germany
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sex offender dubbed "The Fox". 29 May Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCB Dieselmax). Sir Mansel Aylward, 81, public health physician and academic
2024 deaths in the United Kingdom
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equestrian, horse riding accident. 29 May – Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCB Dieselmax). 30 May – Geoff Follin [sv], 58, English video game composer
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a 0–0 draw against Italy in Rome. 15 October – Andy Green driving the ThrustSSC sets a new land speed record of 763.035 mph (1227.99 km/h), the first
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English : variant spelling of Monk.German (Münk), Scandinavian, and Dutch : from Middle High German münich, Middle Dutch munc, Scandinavian munk ‘monk’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the male personal name M(o)unka, a Czech pet form of Solomon.
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Short form of French Adeline, DELINE means "noble."Â
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 Contracted form of Old High German Hrodwulf, ROLF means "famous wolf." This name came into Middle English use via the Normans. Compare with other forms of Rolf.
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Lives in the valley.
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All Sweetness; Covered with Honey
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Honest; Responsible
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Who wants every thing
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