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

Richard Noble & David Tremayne

ISBN 10: 1852252685 / ISBN 13: 9781852252687

Published by London, New York, Toronto, Sydney & Auckland: Partridge Press, 1998

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Condition Notes: A hint of edgewear to the dust wrapper.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 10" x 7¾" (1.5 kg); pp 320; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs (within the text); Colour photographs (on plates and within the text); Cutaways; Appendices (4); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #194368 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thrust: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Quest for Speed
• Publisher: London, New York, Toronto, Sydney & Auckland: Partridge Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1852252685
• ISBN 13: 9781852252687
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Motor Vehicles

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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.

About the Author

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.