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Thrust: The remarkable

Thrust: The remarkable

by RichardNoble (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $4.18

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    Hardcover 1998

    $3.24
Synopsis

The story of the world's first supersonic car and the entangled human emotions behind this great engineering achievement. It is the tale of Richard Noble's obsession with speed, from his early days with the crude self-built Thrust 1 jet car to the Thrust SSC - the fastest car in the world.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 01 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0553812084
ISBN 13: 9780553812084
Book Overview: The story of the fastest car ever built, and of the man who built it.

Author Bio
Richard Noble has been obsessed with speed since he was six years old, when his father took him to Loch Ness to see John Cobb's boat Crusader - in which Cobb was to die trying to gain the water speed record only a few months later. After a public school education Noble led two overland expeditions across Africa and Asia. On his return he briefly contemplated a career in the SAS, before working in industry for several years, while building Thrust 1 in his spare time. Following his world land speed record in Thrust 2, Noble was awarded the OBE. Nowadays he is much in demand for motivational speaking, particularly since the triumph of Thrust SSC in piercing the sound barrier for the first time.