On This Day October 4 1983 – Richard Noble Set a New Land Speed Record at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada

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On This Day October 4 1983 – Richard Noble Set a New Land Speed Record at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.

On this day October 4 1983, British driver Richard Noble set a new land speed record at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, achieving an astonishing speed of 633.468 miles per hour. Driving his jet powered vehicle, Thrust2, Noble broke the previous record set by Gary Gabelich in 1970, marking a significant milestone in the history of high speed engineering and motorsport.

The Thrust2 was powered by a Rolls Royce Avon jet engine and designed specifically to push the limits of land speed. Noble...
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