It says everything about the current state of our country that Jacob Rees Mogg was knighted this year for a career as a professional toady and Richard Noble, despite masterminding 2 world land-speed records along with all the associated engineering projects and fantastic publicity he has brought to the UK, remains (ironically) not ennobled. He's been a hero of mine since those early pre-record appearances on Tomorrow's World and remains so today, and thanks to Scarf and Goggles for such a fantastic in-depth interview and retrospective
Pathetic isn't it ,just shows you that in England its not what you know its who you know 😮 the old school tie club ,these narcissistic types/politicians have no shame/honour or integrity.
It’s marvellous to see the history behind these runs of the land speed record car, although will not be at speed. It will be good to see the thousand horsepower of Sunbeam run again and looking forward to your more videos on this car. Thanks so much Michael
I met John Akroyd at the Bloodhound test run in Newquay. He was obviously struggling with Alzheimer's and he didn't really know where he was or what was going on but he seemed to remember his time working on Thrust 2 and was enthusiastic when telling me about it
Alzheimer's is such a terrible disease, so sad to hear John Akroyd has it. But it's good that he remembers Thrust 2, people cling on to the best bits of their lives.
Just shows that Richard and the Thrust 2 team were determined not to be beaten- This determination is sadly missing from todays snowflake society - Great story and brialliantly delivered - Thanks a million !
Good to see you accepted the propaganda like a good little sheep. Blaming everything on imaginary snowflakes so you won’t get the notion to actually do anything to better the world.
Always a joy when one of your films arrives but this series is especially wonderful ( even tracked down of copy of 'Cars and car conversions July1977' just because of this ) Richard has long been a hero of mine and it's a pleasure to listen to him here Thanks for all your hard work.
Mini rear suspension, jazzed up for 600+ :) Bloodhound had front and rear subframes. Richard somehow has his cars with Mini connections, however unintentionally. :D
I’m compelled to say what I have to say this way…………….. Bloody good show!!!!!!!! My family is still in the House of Lords. So I just had to use the Queen’s English. I really do love your channel and content. Keep it up!!!
For Land Speed Records, these were the best years. Similar to the Reno Air Races when Rare Bear, Voodoo, Dago Red, Strega were all Racing at one time. Reno Air Races has finally ended in 2023.
They came to a former RAF airfield (Leconfield) in East Yorkshire to do their shakedown runs. Amazing standing by the side of the runway as it came past at speeds of 250, up to 400 MPH. And standing a few feet from the beast as they did a tethered engine test. One their guys (Ron) achieved a life time ambition to break the sound barrier - which he did by being towed down the runway while sitting in a 'Portaloo'!
This is simply brilliant. A fantastic 'boys-own story' that has all the makings of a blockbuster movie, including the seeming disaster before the final triumph which accompanies all of these types of film. In today's terms, the budgets they had were pin money, but the drive, expertise and ultimately, the irrepressible bravery of Richard Noble allowed them to perform the impossible feat in its day. Can't wait for episode 3!
Richard Noble did indeed set the absolute world land speed record in 1983. However, it was on a technicality, since it did not break The Blue Flame's 630.388 mph absolute world record in the kilometer by 1%. The Blue Flame's mile record was 622.407 mph - Richard got that one. The absolute world record is the fastest FIA world land speed record. So, now the fastest FIA world record was the mile flying start record at 633 mph, not the 630 mph kilometer world record then still held by The Blue Flame. Andy Green would get that one, too, in 1997 in the supersonic Thrust jet car. It was unfortunate The Blue Flame sponsors erroneously publicized the 622 mph mile record, and never corrected it later.
I saw this car again a few weeks ago. Haven't seen in person for 10 years or so. I didn't realise how small it actually is. Especially in comparison to bloodhound and thrust ssc
SSC was a big car, there's no mistaking it. I met Richard Noble and Glynne Bowsher in 1997, and had a good look at the car and all the heat damage it sustained around the back.
@@polbecca I remember SSC being huge. Bloodhound is surprisingly tall but I guess I should have expected that when it needs room for a jet engine and a rocket sat on top of each other😂
I can’t be the only one who is concerned by the fact that someone who was planning to set a speed record forgets they changed the shut down marker car during testing
I appreciate your films. I have a love for Land Speed racing and there isn't enough current info these days. I keep my eyes open for new Documentaries but there really are none. I'm happy to see somebody give their all to break a record and not even achieve it. Even if it's only 100mph.
I'm so thrilled by these 2 parts of this phenomenal story so far - and told by the legendary Richard Noble himself too!! Can't wait to see the next part, this is British engineering at its absolute best... 🙏🇬🇧
Thank you for this. Just awesome. I can remember as a kid, three channels on the television, somehow finding out about Richard Noble and Thrust. I couldn't get enough of it. I devoured anything about speed and cars then, I knew all the cars, all the records. Breedlove and Gabelich were my heros. Then Richard became one. This brought me back in a major way! Can't wait for the next installment!
What a hero Richard is , I’ve met him a couple of times as he used to have his VW Bora serviced at my garage where I work. He is a really nice chap , full of enthusiasm.His autobiography is a fantastic read too
It may seem a small matter, but thank you so much for not constantly reading out metric equivalents when giving measurements. Putting them on screen instead. Great video by the way, as always.
The budweiser rocket car done by the us airforce was the first one to go over the speed of sound but it wasnt official since it was one run, no second run within an hour.
It is very doubtful whether the Budweiser rocket ever exceeded the speed of sound even momentarily. There is zero evidence that it did, no shock waves, no boom, nothing. And the radar tracking clearly said it was subsonic.
Amazing work! Can't wait for part 3. Never knew about that near-disaster event. This is why you never change important things like refference points before a crucial run. Because humans do fail...
The fact that he was able to repeatedly stop with 12 feet to spare shows just how disciplined he was. Remaining under power a fraction of a second too long and toy would run out of runway.
Bloodhound had what it takes to be a contender, but took far too long and exhausted people's interest and sponsorship opportunities. Covid lockdown was the final straw I fear. In theory Bloodhound is still looking for sponsors, but I seriously doubt it will happen now.
@@owensmith7530 I think we had the heroic age of landspeed attempts, and we had the first technological age, and now we are in the second. I suspect that if someone manages to reach 1000mph the urge to go much faster will probably end. What became of Bloodhound is obviously still capable but yes, it got too bogged down in science education. And goodness knows, Andy Green isn't getting any younger either!
In all honesty as long as it’s been since it was designed it would be smarter to start over anyway everything has advanced so much (when it comes to technology and engineering a day’s a week , a weeks a month and months a year )
