Thrust2 is a British-designed and -built jet-propelled car, which held the world land speed record from 4 October 1983 to 25 September 1997. The Thrust2...

and only land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier. Alongside Thrust2, Thrust SSC was displayed in the "Spirit of Speed Gallery" of the Coventry...

driver Richard Noble, who later achieved the land speed record with his car Thrust2. Thrust1 itself was never intended to be a contender for the record. Noble's...

sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. October 9 – The Rangoon bombing kills...

world land speed record: In 1983, Richard Noble drove the jet-powered Thrust2 car to a new record of 634.015 mph (1,020.348 km/h). Noble also headed...

Only around 40 ARVs were made before the Isle of Wight factory closed. Thrust2, the record-breaking car driven by Noble, travelled at 633.468 mph (1019 km/h)...

collider Thrust bearing, particular type of rotary bearing ThrustSSC, and Thrust2, the land-speed record breaking cars Thrust (video game), a computer game...

adventurer reached 633 mph (1,019 km/h) driving a turbojet-powered car named Thrust2 across the Nevada desert. In 1997, he headed the project to build ThrustSSC...

of 622.407 mph (1,001.667 km/h). In 1983, this record was eclipsed by Thrust2, which was powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine and driven by Richard...

world. The most notable exhibits are the world speed record-breaking cars, Thrust2 and ThrustSSC The museum received a refurbishment in 2004 which included...

1986 1,118.5 kW (1,499.9 hp) 540 kg (1,190 lb) 2071 W/kg / 1.26 hp/lb Thrust2 land speed record car 1983 22,000 kW (30,000 hp) 10,600 kg (23,400 lb)...

1001.667 October 4, 1983 Black Rock Desert, United States Richard Noble Thrust2 Turbojet: 1 × Rolls-Royce Avon 634.051 1020.406 633.47 1019.47 September...

the archives, 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...

output of 14.9 MW.[citation needed] On 4 October 1983, Richard Noble's Thrust2 vehicle, powered by a single Rolls-Royce Avon 302 jet engine, set a new...

Richard Noble, engineer behind the Thrust series of land speed record cars Thrust2 which he drove, and ThrustSSC, the supersonic Land Speed Record holder...

Picasso's The Weeping Woman The Nativity, a miniature by Jean Bourdichon Thrust2 world land speed record car The Amarna Princess, an ancient Egyptian statuette...

Noble in 1977. This was an initial development car that paved the way for Thrust2, which Noble drove to set a new land speed record in 1982. Derwent I –...

contributed to the Healey Frogeye development was John Ackroyd who designed Thrust2, which held the world land speed record from 4 October 1983 to 25 September...

hold car and bike records, other than John Surtees. On 25 September 1980 Thrust2 driven by Richard Noble broke the Flying Mile record at a speed of 248...

passenger flights due to reliability and safety problems. 4 October 1983: Thrust2 turbojet-powered car gets the land speed record to 1149 km/h. 15 October...

Ackroyd (engineer) (1937–2021), designer of the world land speed record car Thrust2 John Arthur Ackroyd (1949–2016), American serial killer and rapist This...

deputy. 4 October – Richard Noble, driving the British turbojet-powered car Thrust2, takes the land speed record to 634.051 mph (1020.406 km/h) over 1 km (633...

detection and suppression systems for the world land speed record car Thrust2. In 1984 it introduced the world's first microprocessor-controlled engine...

Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills History Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space...