The Land Speed Record was broken by Mr Noble aboard the powerful Thrust 2 machine 37 years ago after clocking speeds of more than 633mph. The record was beaten some 14 years later by Britain's ...

As a jewel in the crown of the museum's ongoing £9m refurbishment, former and current Land Speed Record holders Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC have been recommend in a dedicated exhibition, just feet apart.

When driver Andy Green fires the rocket, he tells Steve Cropley, the car will generate 25,000lb ft of thrust ...

"The outright world land speed record is so iconic because it's the ... alongside its predecessor, the Thrust 2. A collaborative design effort courtesy of Richard Noble, Jeremy Bliss, Ron Ayres ...

This was Noble's second land speed record; he was the current record holder at the time, having claimed it in 1982 with Thrust 2. Regular readers will know that Noble and Green are trying to smash ...

Since the first automobiles emerged at the dawn of the 19th century, people have pushed the limits of speed ... new land speed record but break the sound barrier in the process. Dubbed Thrust ...

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 ...

An entrepreneur is celebrating the anniversary of a land speed record he broke in Nevada 40 years ago. Richard Noble was behind the wheel of Thrust 2 as it averaged 633mph (1018.7km/h) in the ...

Noble already held the previous land speed record behind the wheel of Thrust 2, but he decided that simply being the fastest man on Earth wasn't enough. He was going to build a vehicle that would ...