Editing Thrust2 (section)

===Conception===
The “Land Speed Record” (LSR), which was valid for 12 years, 11 months and 11 days at that time, was {{convert|622.407|mph|3|abbr=on}} over one mile (with a flying start).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gregwapling.com/hotrod/land-speed-racing-history/land-speed-racing-richard-noble.html|title=Richard Noble - Land Speed Racing History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://todayshistorylesson.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-blue-flame-sun-salt-and-speed/|title=The Blue Flame: Sun, Salt, and Speed|date=24 October 2009}}</ref> The record was set on October 23, 1970, by the American [[Gary Gabelich]] with [[Blue Flame]], a rocket car on the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]]. [[Richard Noble]] stepped up to "bring back this record for Britain".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport/thrust-2-world-land-speed-record-30-years|title=Thrust 2 world land speed record: 30 years on}}</ref>

The time it took Richard Noble from the idea to the first concept to the successful record attempt was nine years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://landspeedrecord.org/thrust-2-richard-noble/|title=Thrust 2 - Richard Noble • Land Speed Record}}</ref> In 1977, the Thrust2 project was officially presented at the Motorfair 1977 at London's Earls Court.

In 1978, the design and construction of Thrust2 began. The hired designer, [[John Ackroyd (engineer)|John Ackroyd]], who initially trained in [[Saunders Roe]] and also worked on the [[Enfield 8000]] electric car, retired to an abandoned cottage on the Isle of Wight for the design studies,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/about.php|title=The Ackroyd Collection - About John Ackroyd}}</ref> Construction was undertaken at Ranelagh Works in Fishbourne.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitmore |first1=Warren |title=MADE ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT: WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD BREAKER THRUST2 WAS CREATED ON THE ISLAND |url=https://www.islandecho.co.uk/world-land-speed-record-breaker-thrust-2/ |website=Island Echo |access-date=1 April 2023 |date=26 December 2022}}</ref>