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Noble, Richard

Thrust SSC Supersonic Car
Society: ASME Main Category: Mechanical Sub Category: Era: 1990-1999 DateCreated: 1997 Coventry Transport Museum Coventry State: Zip: 024 7623 4270 Country: England Website: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/256-thrust-ssc-supersonic-car, https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ResourceFiles/AboutASME/Who%20We%20Are/Engineering%20History/Landmarks/256-ThrustSSC-booklet.pdf Creator: Noble, Richard

First Land Vehicle to Exceed the Speed of Sound; averaged 763.04 mph 

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2014
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Ben Sutherland (CC BY 2.0) Image Caption: The Thrust SSC at Coventry Motor Museum Era_date_from:
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