ThrustSSC, the supersonic car driven by Andy Green and developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss, broke the land speed record at 763.035 mph (1221 km/h) or Mach 1.02 on the 15th of October 1997, becoming the first land vehicle to break the speed of sound.
Arthur Benjamins is a well renowned contemporary Dutch artist whose work centered around motorsport until the turn of the century where his work has shifted to a more abstract style.
Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a Scottish entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997
Wing Commander Andrew Duncan Green OBE is a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot and world land speed record holder since 1997, the first land speed record to break the sound barrier.
Ronald Ayers MBE (born 1932) is an English engineer who was responsible for the aerodynamics of the land speed record-holding vehicles, ThrustSSC and JCB Dieselmax, and is chief Aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound SSC. Ayers is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to engineering.
This piece is a striking large (approx. 30"x40") framed canvas print of Benjamins 'Mach 1' including the printed signatures of Noble, Green and Ayers.
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