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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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)...
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    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...
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    world. The most notable exhibits are the world speed record-breaking cars, Thrust2 and ThrustSSC The museum received a refurbishment in 2004 which included...
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  • 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)...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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 –...
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  • collider Thrust bearing, particular type of rotary bearing ThrustSSC, and Thrust2, the land-speed record breaking cars Thrust (video game), a computer game...
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    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...
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    Richard Noble, engineer behind the Thrust series of land speed record cars Thrust2 which he drove, and ThrustSSC, the supersonic Land Speed Record holder...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Ackroyd (engineer) (1937–2021), designer of the world land speed record car Thrust2 John Arthur Ackroyd (1949–2016), American serial killer and rapist This...
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  • detection and suppression systems for the world land speed record car Thrust2. In 1984 it introduced the world's first microprocessor-controlled engine...
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  • 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...
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    Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills History Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space...
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