Noble quest
Published 7 November 2011
Event 17 November 2011
Former land speed record holder Richard Noble OBE is to speak in Brighton about the latest attempt to break the world record.
Mr Noble, who held the record from 1983 to 1997, was project director of the Thrust programme which achieved the first-ever supersonic land speed record. He is now director of the Bloodhound project, sponsored by the institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), which aims to achieve a new record of 1,000 mph in 2013.
The lecture, The World Land Speed Record with Bloodhound supersonic car, organised by IMechE, will be in the University of Brighton's Cockcroft Building in Lewes Road, Brighton, on 17 November, at 6.30pm.
Book a place
The lecture is free and open to the public. To book a seat contact Dr Dal Koshal, Assistant Head of the university's School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, and chairman of IMechE, South Eastern Region:
- phone: 01273 642328
- email: d.koshal@brighton.ac.uk
Project Bloodhound
Read more news...
Contact: Marketing and Communications, University of Brighton, 01273 643022
