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Title: BEYOND SUPERSONIC
BLOODHOUND AND THE RACE FOR THE LAND SPEED RECORD
By: Richard Noble, Andy Green
Format: Hardback

List price: £20.00


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ISBN 10: 0718181301
ISBN 13: 9780718181307
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 18 November, 2015
Pages: 400
Description: In July 2015, the Bloodhound team will unveil the car with which they'll launch their assault on the World Land Speed Record. Powered by a jet engine from a Eurofighter Typhoon fighter and a rocket engine developed for the European Space Agency. This book is the culmination of a ten year beyond the state of the art engineering effort.
Synopsis: In July 2015, the Bloodhound team will unveil the car with which they'll launch their assault on the World Land Speed Record. Powered by a jet engine from a Eurofighter Typhoon fighter and a rocket engine developed for the European Space Agency, Bloodhound is the culmination of a ten year beyond the state of the art engineering effort. The 300,000 horsepower, 1000mph car will then be flown to South Africa for the record attempt. Behind the wheel, driver Andy Green will be fighting to steer the revolutionary car across the surface of a dry lake bed at almost unimaginable speeds. To break the record he will have to cover a measured mile in just three seconds. This is a drive into the unknown. Project Director Richard Noble likens the challenge to that of mounting a mission to the moon. If you thought what Felix Baumgartner was doing when he jumped out of balloon was dangerous, wait until you get a load of this ...
Illustrations: colour illustrations, 16pp of colour illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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