Thrust SSC's groundbreaking design was not the product ... claiming in the documentary that the government paid around £1.5 million (around $3.2 million today, taking inflation into account ...

A follow-up to the Thrust 2, the jet-power car that broke the land speed record in 1983, the SSC looked more like a wingless jet fighter than a car. Yes, it had four wheels, but they were hidden ...

Eager not to lose the record, Noble planned to defend it with Thrust 2's successor, Thrust SSC (the initials stand for SuperSonic Car). Thrust 2's success came despite the lack of any significant ...

The Thrust SSC is now on display at the UK's Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, alongside its predecessor, the Thrust 2. A collaborative design effort courtesy of Richard Noble, Jeremy Bliss ...

Noble’s Thrust 2 broke the World Land Speed Record in 1983 ... by Mr Noble and his team were unveiled in 2008 as Bloodhound SSC aims to pass the 1,000 mph mark. The attempt is scheduled for ...

Even though they still own the land speed record, which the Thrust SSC set on October 15, 1997 at 763 mph, Richard Noble, and Andy Green have returned to the quest for the world's fastest land ...

2. An EJ200 jet engine taken from a Typhoon ... In fact, the Bloodhound team even ran computer simulation tests on Thrust SSC’s model and learnt how to overcome the challenges that the previous ...

We first met Bloodhound SSC back in 2014. It was the brainchild of Richard Noble, who set a new land speed record in 1982 with Thrust 2 before spearheading the Thrust SSC program, which broke the ...

former and current Land Speed Record holders Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC have been recommend in a dedicated exhibition, just feet apart. And just behind those, there sits a full-size model of the ...