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I'm sure if the project was in mainland EU Country, they would have got EU funding allocated!
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My daughter and I will be right down near the bottom of the list of creditors 😢
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Gvmdaddy, I can remember you mentioning at the end of 2014 that you got yours and your daughters names placed on the Bloodhound Tail. It’s a shame it went down the Pan though and it’s likely there are not a lot of pennies in the bag anymore - Dave 😉
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Great News, it looks like it is back on let’s hope it stays that way - Dave :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46591860
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Another UPDATE - Dave 👍
Bloodhound supersonic car to run at high speed in October. The UK-led attempt to break the land speed record will conduct 500-600mph trials later this year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48920165
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Looks like Bloodhound is almost ready for its High Speed Trials in SA - Dave 😊

“The British-led Bloodhound supersonic car is virtually ready to start its high-speed trials.
The vehicle will leave its Gloucestershire base in the next fortnight to be air freighted to South Africa's Northern Cape.
Bloodhound has been built to break the existing land speed record of 763mph (1,228km/h).
However, engineers want first to validate their design assumptions with a series of sub-sonic runs.
These will see the car thunder across a dried-out lakebed called Hakskeen Pan at no more than 500-600mph, using just a jet engine taken from a Eurofighter-Typhoon.”

Bloodhound supersonic car set for high-speed trials : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49891569

Bloodhound trials will test design assumptions : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49891575
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Well it looks like the first tests have taken place successfully - Dave 😉

The Bloodhound is half race car and half spaceship, and a team from the UK are hoping it will eventually be the world's fastest car. It clocked 501mph (806km/h) on Wednesday, during a series of tests in South Africa. But it is still at least a year off attempting to break the land speed record of 763mph (1,228km/h).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50326953
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It looks like it’s getting faster - Dave 👍
The British-built Bloodhound LSR, dubbed the 'world's fastest car', has hit speeds of 628mph (1004,8km/h) during a warm-up for its 1,000mph record-breaking attempt.

British car hits 628mph during test run in quest to break speed record : https://mol.im/a/7698441
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It’s not looking good, it could be the end of the Record Breaking Runs for Bloodhound - Dave 🤬
“The Bloodhound supersonic car that was built to break the land speed record is up for sale.
Current owner Ian Warhurst says he's de-risked the project by running the vehicle above 600mph, but it's now time for someone else to take on the effort.“

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BBC News: Bloodhound supersonic car project up for sale : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55802783
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