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== Thrust2 ===
== Thrust2 ===
Held the land speed record from 1983 to 1997.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust2 Thrust2 Wikipedia Entry]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust2 Thrust2 Wikipedia Entry]
* John Ackroyd, "[http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2.php Just For The Record: Thrust2]," CHW Roles & Associates, 1984. [http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2-plate2.php Thrust2 Black Rock Images]
* John Ackroyd, "[http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2.php Just For The Record: Thrust2]," CHW Roles & Associates, 1984. [http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2-plate2.php Thrust2 Black Rock Images]
* [http://www.empowernetwork.com/henri100/thrust-2-land-speed-record-holder-for-almost-4-years/ |Empowernetwork Thurst 2 page]


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== Links ==

Revision as of 16:30, 8 February 2013

Land speed record attempts on the Black Rock Desert

Chronology

4 October 1983, Richard Noble, Thrust2, 633.468mph

25 September 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 714.144mph

15 October 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 763.035mph (Mach 1.016)

North American Eagle

North American Eagle 10/16/2007 trial run video (low quality)

Spirit of America

  • http://www.chron.com/class/cars/timspell/archive/120306.html Craig Breedlove 5-time world land-speed record holder blasts into motorsports history By TIM SPELL, CRAIG Breedlove sat down to talk with me about future plans and his historical land-speed-record runs. It was November of 1997, Spirit of America

Steve Fossett

February 1, 2008 Reno Gazette Journal: Female driver sought for land speed record

Thrust SSC

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October 13, 1997

GERLACH, Nevada (CNN) - A British jet-powered car broke the sound barrier on land twice on Monday, officials said, making it the fastest object to have ever moved on wheels.

On the first run, the Thrust SuperSonic car roared across Nevada's Black Rock Desert at 764.168 mph, or 1.007 percent above the speed of sound, according to the official timekeepers.

The car, driven by British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, left a muffled boom in its wake as it raced across the desert in clouds of dust.

Green, 35, achieved the milestone on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, by American test pilot Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947.

The sound barrier, which varies according to altitude and temperature, is currently 755 mph on the Black Rock Desert. Green set the previous world speed record for a car on September 25 when he took Thrust up to 714 miles per hour.

On Sunday, the "Spirit of America" team led by Craig Breedlove made a test run of 517 miles per hour following a 531 mph run on Saturday. It's not clear what's next, if anything, for the Americans.

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Held the land speed record from 1983 to 1997.

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