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Installed Engine Tests At DTEO, Boscombe Down

12th August 1996

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The Grayston White and Sparrow crane prepares to lift ThrustSSC from the car's trailer Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC and the Grayston White and Sparrow crane Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC is craned off the trailer into the test cell Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC stands ready for action in the test cell Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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The Boscombe Down test cell with ThrustSSC, team, equipment and fire-engines Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC's driver Andy Green being interviewed by the ITN crew before the tests Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC tied down in the test cell ready for action Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC's driver Andy Green settles into the car's cockpit Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC's driver Andy Green dons his fire-proof Panotex balaclava Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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Al Harkness (Thrust SSC Engine Team) signals 'air off' as the left-hand engine fires Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC's left-hand engine smokes as the inhibiting oil which has protected the engines in storage is burned off Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC under test Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ThrustSSC with engine running under high power Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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Jayne Millington is interviewed by the media after the engine tests Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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ITN's Norman Rees narrates his report after the engine tests Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd
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The two Scania trucks which have brought ThrustSSC and the support equipment stand by Photo: Jeremy Davey. © SSC Programme Ltd. Digital camera courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd


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