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Andy Green OBE Holder of the World Land Speed Record "The Fastest Man on Earth" Andy Green is the current holder of the World Land speed record, and the first person to break the sound barrier on land. On 25 September 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, US, reaching a speed of 714.144 miles per hour (1,149.303 km/h). TOPICS: IN DETAIL: Ambition The Bloodhound Land Speed Record (LSR) team confirmed plans to challenge for Risk Assessment the world land speed record using a zero-emissions rocket. Powered by Holding Nerve concentrated hydrogen peroxide, the rocket will be used alongside the world's Team Building best jet-fighter engine when the Bloodhound LSR car aempts to reach speeds Inspiration for Science and Technology beyond 800mph in South Africa in 2021. Wing Commander Andy Green's team Challenging to Next Generation of now set out to break the record again. Their mission statement is to create a Engineers unique, high-technology project and to share this engineering adventure with a Educational Reach global audience, inspiring the next generaon by bringing science, technology, engineering and mathemacs to life in the most excing way possible. LANGUAGES: He presents in English. WHAT HE OFFERS YOU: Andy Green is a dynamic and inspiraonal man. He has learned about 'holding nerve' in just about everything he tackles from operaons in Iraq and Afghanistan to the world-class challenges he sets himself on land. HOW HE PRESENTS: Andy's impressive operaonal record is matched by his wide experience of command, leadership and management, both in peaceme and under fire, and he has inspired a wide variety of audiences with his insights into military operaons, risk management and the challenges of leadership. © 2019 Celebrity Speakers Ltd To book call: +44 (0)1628 601 400 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.speakers.co.uk.

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Parking Speed Its Own Mighty Sound and Sights Dis- Spring Morning in 1988
was behind the wheel, I am complete- ly confident that anything about the day the sound barrier fell on that des- olate stretch of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, is as good as technology yy can recreate it. How fast these past seven years have flown by. I still marvel at how the guy never shut-up while driving. When the car yy was moving, Green was always talk- ing, calm and cool as if he were a commercial airplane pilot giving you his cockpit spiel – his voice never wavered, even when he lost both yyFuel For Thought parachutes at 714MPH! Got to be the fighter pilot training in him. with “Landspeed Louise” Ann Noeth Also in the ‘Spirit of Speed’ gallery Trudy and Mickey Thompson as the is Richard Nobles’ jet ride Thrust 2 world will forever remember them . which set the World Land Speed before they were gunned down by vile yy Record at 633MPH in 1984, which has cowards in front of their home early one Parking Speed its own mighty sound and sights dis- Spring morning in 1988. play. Thrust 2 and team had tried to Coventry Transport Museum Throughout the gallery the muse- set the record on Bonneville, but con- where visitors can design their own Hurtling Fast Notice to Speed um staff worked closely not only with stant rain hampered runs and then futuristic transport and think about Freaks: you may now take a superson- Andy Green but Richard Noble and the salt surface was found to be too how their decisions will shape every- ic ride courtesy of the world’s fastest the ThrustSSC team, to create a slick for the car’s solid aluminum one’s future; Temporary gallery with man, Andy Green, ThrustSSC and the unique land speed record experience alloy wheels causing to handle about regular high profile exhibitions.
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