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ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC, or Thrust supersonic car, is a British jet-propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss. Thrust SSC holds the World Land Speed Record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of and became the first car to officially break the sound barrier. ==Details== The car was driven by Royal Air Force fighter pilot Wing Commander Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada. It was powered by two afterburning Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, as used in the British version of the F-4 Phantom II jet fighter. The car was 16.5 m (54 ft) long, 3.7 m (12 ft) wide and weighed 10.5 tons (10.7 t), and the twin engines developed a net thrust of 223 kN (50,000 lbf), a power output of 110,000 bhp (82MW), burning around 18 litres/second (4.0 Imperial gallons/s or 4.8 US gallons/s). Transformed into the usual terms for car mileages based on its maximum speed, the fuel consumption was about . By comparison, the Concorde burned about 3.02 litres/second (10500 kg/h, 2885 gallons/h) at full power, accelerating the aircraft with up to about 100 passengers to Mach 2, reducing considerably during cruise.〔(Powerplant ). Concorde Sst.〕 The record run in October 1997 was preceded by extensive test runs of the vehicle in autumn 1996 and spring 1997 in the Al-Jafr desert (located in Ma'an Governorate) in Jordan, a location unknown before for its capabilities as a test range for high speed land vehicles, with numerous advantages compared to the salt deserts of the Western United States. After the record was set, the World Motor Sport Council released the following message: :''The World Motor Sport Council homologated the new world land speed records set by the team ThrustSSC of Richard Noble, driver Andy Green, on 15 October 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada (USA). This is the first time in history that a land vehicle has exceeded the speed of sound. The new records are as follows:'' : *''Flying mile 1227.985 km/h (763.035 mph)'' : *''Flying kilometre 1223.657 km/h (760.343 mph)'' :''In setting the record, the sound barrier was broken in both the north and south runs.'' ::::''Paris, 11 November 1997.'' The complete run history is available. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ThrustSSC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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