![]() ![]() The car was driven by Royal Air Force fighter pilot Wing Commander Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada. Jet engines are not designed to operate at peak airspeed while still in ground effect a proper estimate would need to take this into account. It had a reported thrust of 223 kN (approximately 50,000 pounds force) at some operating condition. The car is 16.50 m (54.1 ft) long and 3.7 m (12 ft) wide and has a curb weight of 10.6 tons. ![]() As part of the Museum's redevelopment project, both cars were relocated by specialist haulier from their position in the Museum's Spirit of Speed Gallery to the new Biffa Award Land Speed Record Gallery which opened in 2015. Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record, set on 15 October 1997, and driven by Andy Green, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and it became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier.īoth Thrust SSC and Thrust2 were displayed at the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, England. ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC or Thrust SuperSonic Car is a British jet car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss. The team with ThrustSSC ThrustSSC on display in the Coventry Transport Museum's Landspeed Gallery Side view of Thrust SSC showing its branding and marks at Coventry Transport Museum One of the Rolls-Royce engines in the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss Thrust SSC at the Coventry Transport Museum, where it is part of the permanent collection. ![]()
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