Open all year round (except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day)
Museum Open Every Day
10am - 5pm
Last admission 4.30pm
Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry CV1 1PN
[try CV1 1JD for SatNav]
T 024 7623 4270
F 024 7623 4284
E museum@transport-museum.com
Spirit of Speed
Nearly
a hundred years after the first Land Speed Record was set, Richard Noble
gained the record for Britain in Thrust2, which travelled at over 630
mph. Richard Noble also led the team that produced the current record
holder, ThrustSSC. In October 1997 ThrustSSC became the first car ever
to break the sound barrier when, driven by Andy Green, it broke the Land
Speed Record at an amazing speed of 763.035 miles per hour. A number of
Coventry organisations made significant contributions to the ThrustSSC
project, and this is why the word 'Coventry' appears either side of the
vehicle's cockpit.
In our Spirit of Speed Gallery you can not only get a chance to look at these phenomenal vehicles close up and see fantastic film footage, but also experience an actual supersonic run in the ThrustSSC Land Speed Record Simulator. The Museum has worked closely with Richard Noble and Andy Green to create an authentic, thrilling and unique experience in this specially designed simulator.
The last complete land speed record show starts at 4pm at the rear of the museum in the ground floor auditorium. The last ride on the land speed record simulator is at 4.30pm.
