The Stephensons
Hopefully the Land Speed Record will be broken again in the near future by the Bloodhound SSC Project. The Car travelled under its own power for the first time in October 2017 in Cornwall - at around 200mph. In November 2019, 628mph was reached in South Africa, with hopefully the target of 800mph+ being attained in the next few years. It is currently in Coventry Transport Museum.

Team members include Andy Green and Richard Noble. They have both set LSRs - Andy set the current record with Thrust SSC on 15th October 1997 at a speed of 763.035 mph, whilst Richard set the previous record with Thrust 2 at 633.468 mph on 4th October 1983. The Bloodhound SSC Team hope to set a record in excess of 1,000 mph (Mach 1.4). What an achievement that would be! The following three photos of the Show Car were taken at The Imagineering Fair at the Country Festival at Stoneleigh on 30th August 2009. It was good to see it and to have an informative discussion with the people on the Stand. The "real" car is being built in 2013/14/15/16/17/18/19/20.






Thrust SSC

Coventry Transport Museum - 19th December 2008

Thrust 2




Paris will host the Summer Olympics from 2nd to 18th August 2024. They were elected as host city on 13th September 2017.

The next General Election in the UK is likely to occur on or before 24th January 2025.

The Finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place in America, Canada and Mexico in June and July, with 48 countries participating. This was decided on 13th June 2018.

Phase 1 of HS2 (from London to Birmingham) may be completed by 2028.

Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics 21st July to 6th August 2028. They were elected as host city on 13th September 2017.

Brisbane will host the Summer Olympics 23rd July to 8th August 2032. This was announced on 21st July 2021.

HM King Charles III will have reigned for ten years on 8th September 2032.

23 September 2090: The next Total Solar Eclipse to be visable in the UK. The last Total SE occured on 11 August 1999, though even in Cornwall it was cloudy!