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"For the first time in living memory, Rolls-Royce (the aerospace company, not the carmaker) has become an official sponsor of a land speed record attempt. They&amp;#039;re contributing four EJ200 engines for the Bloodhound SSC car, for which they&amp;#039;ve been providing behind-the-scenes engineering support since 2008.  The EJ200 and its 20,000 lbs of thrust is normally the powerplant for a Eurofighter Typhoon, a jet fighter comparable to an F-22 Raptor. In the Bloodhound, it&amp;#039;ll just be a sort of booster that gets the car up to around 300 mph, where itsrocket engine can take over. That engine, incidentally, uses a 750 hp Cosworth F1 engine as a fuel pump. Total combined output of the three powerplants is something like 135,000 hp, which is apparently what it takes to make 14,000 lbs go 1,000 mph.  A Rolls-Royce spokesperson told me that while the company gets countless sponsorship requests, the Bloodhound&amp;#039;s focus on involving children in science and engineering projects, along with their professional approach to the record attempt, sealed the deal.  Land speed records and Rolls-Royce go back to the 1930s and Sir Malcolm Campbell&amp;#039;s Bluebird; Capt. George Eyston&amp;#039;s Thunderbolt; Sir Henry Segrave&amp;#039;s Miss England II boat; and Flt. Lt. John Boothman&amp;#039;s Supermarine S6B seaplane. Several key Bloodhound team members, including project director Richard Noble and pilotAndy Greene, were also previously involved Rolls-powered records, most recently the supersonic Thrust SSC and Thrust 2. Rolls-Royce didn&amp;#039;t officially sanction any of those projects, however.  Bloodhound plans on starting low-speed (200 mph) testing in England in less than a year, before heading to the 12-mile straightaway at Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa, for high speed tests and record attempts. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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