ThrustSSC

E401537
jet-powered car land speed record car

ThrustSSC is a British jet-powered car that became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier, setting a world land speed record in 1997.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
ThrustSSC canonical 2
ThrustSSC Programme Ltd 1
World Land Speed Record 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet-powered car ⓘ
land speed record car ⓘ
brakingSystem airbrakes ⓘ
parachutes ⓘ
wheel brakes ⓘ
brokeSoundBarrier true ⓘ
category Category A – Special cars ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Ron Ayers ⓘ
driver Andy Green ⓘ
engineModel Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Spey 202
engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ
fuelType jet fuel ⓘ
hasTailFins true ⓘ
height 3.0 m ⓘ
length 16.5 m ⓘ
manufacturer ThrustSSC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ThrustSSC Programme Ltd
notableAchievement first car to officially break the sound barrier ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
numberOfWheels 4 ⓘ
operatingEnvironment desert ⓘ
predecessor Thrust2 ⓘ
primaryMaterial aluminium ⓘ
steel ⓘ
projectDirector Richard Noble ⓘ
projectStartYear 1992 ⓘ
propulsion jet propulsion ⓘ
recordConfirmedBy Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile ⓘ
surface form: FIA
recordDate 1997-10-15 ⓘ
recordLocation Black Rock Desert ⓘ
surface form: Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
recordSpeed 1227.985 km/h ⓘ
763.035 mph ⓘ
recordType ThrustSSC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World Land Speed Record
soundBarrierMachNumber Mach 1.02 ⓘ
sponsor Castrol ⓘ
Cranfield University at Shrivenham ⓘ
surface form: Cranfield University

GKN Aerospace ⓘ
surface form: GKN
successor Bloodhound LSR ⓘ
supersonic true ⓘ
teamName ThrustSSC team ⓘ
testLocation Black Rock Desert ⓘ
surface form: Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
thrustPerEngine 110 kN ⓘ
totalThrust 223 kN ⓘ
weight 10.5 tonnes ⓘ
wheelbase 10.5 m ⓘ
wheelType solid aluminium wheels ⓘ
width 3.7 m ⓘ
worldRecordStatus held absolute land speed record from 1997 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coventry Transport Museum → hasExhibit → ThrustSSC ⓘ
Donald Campbell → recordHeld → ThrustSSC ⓘ
this entity surface form: world land speed record
Thrust2 → recordSupersededBy → ThrustSSC ⓘ
ThrustSSC → manufacturer → ThrustSSC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ThrustSSC Programme Ltd
ThrustSSC → recordType → ThrustSSC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Land Speed Record