Dustwrapper, small 4to, pp.320. Illustrated. The authors determination to break the sound barrier on land, eventually achieved for the first time in 1997. Wrapper has a two inch split at foot of spine, otherwise clean and sound. Fine in VG wrapper. Heavy book weighing c1300g when parcelled, exceeding the postage quotation default weight of 1000g and thus incurring extra postage over the default for 1st class mail ( 2nd class not affected ) orders from UK and overseas. Shipping quote can be supplied in advance if requested .

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Title: Thrust. The Remarkable Story of One Man`s Quest for Spped.
Publisher: Partridge, London
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1852252685
ISBN 13: 9781852252687
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Thrust: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Quest for Speed

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Ever since Dr Johnson declared two hundred years ago that no man travelling at 20mph in a coach could possibly "continue to draw breath", there has been no shortage of nay- sayers. They said it over and over to Richard Noble and his team, but they went ahead anyway and in October 1997 ThrustSSC, driven by RAF Squadron leader Andy Green, smashed through the sound barrier to set the first supersonic land speed record of 763mph. This absorbing and richly illustrated book tells of Noble's obsessive quest for speed, beginning as a six-year-old watching John Cobb's 200mph jet boat Crusader and ending in triumph in the Nevada desert. There is as much financial as technical detail--Noble imaginatively and profitably stalked the Internet for donations as corporate sponsors fell by the wayside--and a jingoistic subplot as the Brits and Yanks vied with each other to achieve the sonic boom first. But mostly this is a human story of struggle, achievement and the peculiar meanings of success. "We'd got through this", says Noble, "we'd succeeded. But success can be very sad once you've got over the initial elation. Suddenly it's all over and it can never be savoured again." --Nick Wroe

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