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Chris Horne entertains the team on Rob Hemper's guitar during the evening
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Rob Hemper plays the mouth-organ while Chris Horne accompanies on the guitar. Dean Smith grins, while the ThrustSSC Team sing along tunelessly.
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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A camel by the access road to the Jafr Desert
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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A camel lifting itself off the desert access road where it was taking a dust bath in a particularly soft part of the route
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Pete Ross, Engineering Manager, accepting a cigarette from a passing Bedouin who stopped to help the team pick up stones
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Robert Atkinson talking to a passing Bedouin who stopped to help the team pick up stones and offer them cigarettes
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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A passing Bedouin who stopped to help the team pick up stones
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Truck belonging to a Bedouin who stopped to meet the team and offer them cigarettes
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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'Fodding' on Jafr Desert - clearing all the stones and debris that might damage the car
Date: 31/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The 'defodding' (track clearing) team rest in the shade of a Supacat at lunchtime
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The vast expanse of Jafr Desert
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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A Land Rover Discovery stands outside one of the team houses on its return from work in the dusty Jafr Desert
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Engine specialist Al Harkness kitted out for the hot, tiring job of 'defodding' in the fierce desert sun - clearing all the stones and debris from the tracks
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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ThrustSSC stands in its hangar on the King Feisal Al Jafr air base being prepared for high-speed runs on the Jafr Desert
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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A Land Rover Discovery stands outside one of the team houses, covered in dust from desert use
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The Hughes satellite dish set up outside the ThrustSSC hangar on King Feisal Al Jafr airbase. 'Scania 2' is sticking out attached to the Pit Stop Trailer with the front antennae raised.
Date: 30/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Land Rover Discovery races to be clear of the Jafr Desert before the dark makes it impossible to find the road out
Date: 29/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Jafr Desert as the sun sets
Date: 29/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The surface of Jafr Desert, Jordan, showing the characteristic interlaced polygons in the alkali mud
Date: 29/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Supacat support vehicle and team members during the defodding (clearing of stones and debris) of the Jafr Desert
Date: 28/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Aerodynamicist Ron Ayers empties his bag of stones during defodding (clearing the desert of stones and debris)
Date: 28/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Andrew Noble describes the work undertaken to prepare the Jafr Desert for use as a high-speed track
Date: 27/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The track lines on the Jafr Desert - looking North over the horizon
Date: 27/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The ThrustSSC Team visit the Jafr Desert for the first time
Date: 27/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The ThrustSSC Team visit the Jafr Desert for the first time
Date: 27/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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ThrustSSC is driven off the Antonov by Brian Palmer (Transport Manager) on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The Merlo forklift unloads equipment from the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The Antonov 124 during unloading at Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Nick Dove drives a Supacat off the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Brian Palmer reverses the Pit Station Trailer off the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Brian Palmer reverses the Pit Station Trailer off the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Equipment is unloaded from the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Equipment is unloaded from the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Equipment is unloaded from the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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One of the Spey 205 engines for ThrustSSC is unloaded from the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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Equipment is unloaded from the Antonov on arrival in Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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The ThrustSSC logo on the Antonov prior to departure to Al Jafr, Jordan
Date: 26/10/96 Photo: Jeremy Davey © SSC Programme Ltd |
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