LAST AUTO NEWS – WORLD SPEED-RECORD ATTEMPT
Last Auto account – Apple speed-record attack Noble and Green accompany armament in 1,000mph apple acreage acceleration almanac attempt.
Take a attending at the 1,000mph car. Twelve years on from their endure almanac breaking run, Andy Green OBE and Richard Noble OBE are at it again. Auto Express was there aback in 1997 acknowledging the pair, if they abundantly piloted the Thrust supersonic car (SCC) through the complete barrier assimilate a
world-record acceleration of 763.053mph. And this time they’re searching to go three accomplish further.
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In their latest attempt, the brace are aiming to set a new almanac of 1,000mph, which if acknowledged would concealment the accepted almanac by 237mph. Code-named the Bloodhound project, the four year claiming will be sponsored by the ammunition accretion aggregation STP.
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Combining jet, rocket and piston-engined power, the 12.8m, 6,400kg Bloodhound SCC will be developed in abounding accessible appearance at the team’s HQ in Filton, Bristol. Visitors will accept abounding admission to the car and with connected website updates, the activity will action a different attending at the accomplished process.
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The three-step plan will alpha with an 800mph bid in 2009, the car will again abide to evolve, with a 900mph run appointed for 2010 and the final 1,000mph attack set for 2011. The area for the almanac runs are still unconfirmed, but Black Rock Desert, Nevada, the arena of Green’s almanac with
Thrust SSC, is the a lot of likely.
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