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BLOODHOUND NEWSLETTER - JULY 2014BLOODHOUND - a supersonic land speed racing car designed to reach speeds of 1,000mphWelcome to the latest BLOODHOUND newsletter, which will now be published monthly to keep you right up-to-date with our news as we get ever closer to the first runs of the car. Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested in finding out about BLOODHOUND SSC and check out our website at www.bloodhoundssc.com for more information about the project. Listen to BLOODHOUND!Before you read any further, get in the mood by listening to the sound of BLOODHOUND SSC. Our sound effect isn't the full 140db, but will give you some idea how the car will sound when it runs in South Africa next year and in 2016. BLOODHOUND inspires new infrastructure project for Hakskeen Pan communities
In addition to the Government authorising the clearance of stones, and camping and tourism arrangements, the South African Department of Water Affairs has committed to building a 150km water pipeline capable of delivering 27 litres of water per second, 24 hours per day to small towns and villages around Hakskeen Pan to feed farms and smallholdings.
We are proud that the BLOODHOUND Project is having such a profoundly positive effect on the local communities prior to the car arriving in South Africa. For more on this story, please see BLOODHOUND enriches South African Community Latest car newsAndy Green's 1,000mph office revealed
Andy has drawn on his experience of flying fast jets and driving World Land Speed Record winners to design the dashboard and cockpit layout. Good ergonomics are vital given that BLOODHOUND SSC will cover a mile in 3.6 seconds, or 150m in the (300 millisecond) blink of an eye. BLOODHOUND’s dash also features two precision-engineered analogue Rolex instruments: a chronograph with built-in stopwatch, and a speedometer graduated up to 1,100mph (1,770km/h). The speedometer is a vital back-up to allow the Car to be stopped safely should the digital dashboard fail, while the chronograph will help to time the start-up and cool-down of the jet and help to monitor the performance of other systems. Find out about "Andy's office", experience the 360° tour and see the videos. Read about Andy's take on his new office in his diary. The cockpit unveiling was also the first time that the upper and lower chassis were put together - a major landmark for the car. First wheel passes spin test
Read more about this and other car news in the latest blog by Conor La Grue, Commercial and Sponsorship Lead. Catch up with all the latest BLOODHOUND news at http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/news-events NEW! Buy a piece of historyThe new 1/20th scale BLOODHOUND SSC models are now available for pre-order to anyone who wants a unique souvenir of this world record-breaking project. Just 30 of these model cars, measuring 740x125x197mm, individually numbered and signed by Richard Noble, will be produced. Pre-order by July 31st for £2,150+VAT ex-works, which will rise to £2,300 when these go on general sale. (Pay just 50% deposit to secure your limited edition model, with the balance due on pickup from the BLOODHOUND technical centre.) Contact kim.watts@bloodhoundssc.com for further information about the limited edition model car. Latest sponsorship newsFarnborough International AirshowSpaces are still available for sponsors who would like to exhibit with BLOODHOUND at the Farnborough International Airshow from 14-20 July in our biggest marquee yet! Chose from two stand size - 2x2m with exhibitor pod and television or 3x3m stand which gives space to bring along a machine to display your work. Both options include two exhibitor passes per day. Contact our sponsorship team kim.watts@bloodhoundssc.com for further information about Farnborough and other sponsorship opportunities. Latest news from the 1K Club1K Club members enjoy a range of benefits as a thank you for supporting the BLOODHOUND Project. These include visits to our build centre in Bristol, of which there are several coming up, potentially including new evening visits to allow people who cannot come at the weekend to see the car. Club members will be sent more on this soon. See BLOODHOUND run in the UK!We offer Bronze or Gold 1K Club membership, with Gold membership offering the opportunity of seeing the car run in the UK next year. This will be a unique experience. We still have people come up and say that they saw Thrust SSC run at Farnborough and how unforgettable it was. It would be such a shame to miss this once in lifetime opportunity. Numbers for this will obviously have to be limited. If you'd like to attend this milestone in the BLOODHOUND Project, we are currently accepting upgrades from Bronze to Gold level membership - but numbers are limited, so don't miss this amazing opportunity! Find out about 1K Club membership on our website by clicking here. Bronze members wishing to upgrade to Gold should log in on our website, and select the Upgrade option in the website shop Record-breaking K'NEX model - join us to build
There are opportunities for companies large and small to advertise around the model build which is being filmed and will raise a great deal of media interest. This is a great way to show your involvement in the project and promote your organisation or club. If you are interested in taking part, find out more at http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/KNEX. Ambassadors in schools and clubsCall for more Ambassadors!
If you are interested and enthusiastic about the BLOODHOUND Project, why not share that with children of all ages by becoming an Ambassador! When you become a BLOODHOUND Ambassador we'll give you training and give you access to the plethora of online educational resources on BLOODHOUND BLAST, the Project's free online community. We'll then ask you to engage with children in schools, after-school clubs, Science Fairs, Big Bang events and national events. If you are interested in supporting this vital aspect of the Project please contact Seema Quraishi by emailing her at seema.quraishi@bloodhoundssc.com and she can send you the details of how you can become part of the BLOODHOUND educational outreach programme. Rocket Day at Mayfield School, WalsallHere's how Simon Procter, a Bloodhound Education Associate/Ambassador, summed up his recent visit to Mayfield school.
"After building their cars and learning about how to safely race and measure speeds, the cars were set off individually in front of a lovely crowd of pupils, teachers and parents, with the fastest - shaped like BLOODHOUND - reaching a brilliant 68mph!" You can read more about the Mayfield day on our website. Then, if you're interested and would like a BLOODHOUND Ambassador to come into your school or club to talk about the car and engage children with hands-on projects, please contact Dawn Fitt on dawn.fitt@bloodhoundssc.com Education updateRecently, the BLOODHOUND Education team has been engaged in further delivery of our KS2/3 Department for Education programme in Bristol and Kent. Although we focus on STEM subjects, in Kent we were delighted to see a brilliant fusion of art and science inspired by CFD (computational fluid dynamics) images created by Dr Ben Evans. The response to the programme as a whole has been fantastic. "Please pass on my enormous thanks to everyone in the Bloodhound team for the events last week. They were absolutely superb! The pupils were engaged throughout all the activities - they thoroughly enjoyed it all!" Charles Dickens School Our Education team will continue to develop workshops and online resources during the school summer holidays, so if you have ideas for resources you would like us to look at, please send us your suggestions to dawn.fitt@bloodhoundssc.com EventsHere's where you'll find BLOODHOUND this month with the show car and Driving Experience simulator. Find out about all future events on the BLOODHOUND website at http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/events Dukes Polo Weekend12th-13th July 2014 at Hylands House, London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8WQ Farnborough International Airshow14th-20th July 2014 at Farnborough Airport, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6XA Made In The UK21st-22nd July 2014 at BT Conference Centre, Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, L3 4FP ShopFinally, please remember to check out the BLOODHOUND online shop. There are always new items in the shop so please continue to look.
Come and explore these and more at the BLOODHOUND online shop: http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/shop Social mediaFollow all the latest BLOODHOUND News on our Twitter or Facebook channels and check out all the latest Cisco BHTV episodes to see the science and technology that underpins the 1,000mph BLOODHOUND SSC car.
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We are delighted to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with the 
Construction is expected to start in September this year, with the first phase finished by June 2015. The improvements to the water infrastructure will lead to the regeneration of communities and lead and the development of the local economy.
On 13th June we unveiled the cockpit of BLOODHOUND SSC. The state-of-the-art carbon fibre monocoque has been tailored to the needs of driver Andy Green and will be his supersonic office during record attempts in the South African desert in 2015 and 2016. Hand crafted by 
Great news in June as BLOODHOUND's first wheel passed the spin tests at 
Many thanks to all those who contacted us to sign up as BLOODHOUND Ambassadors after reading the last Newsletter. However, we still need more volunteers in order to achieve BLOODHOUND's educational goal of encouraging the take-up of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects.
"Last month the children at Mayfield had a magnificent day of fun and learning thanks to Jas Thandi of BLOODHOUND and the 'crucial' Ambassador engineering team. Jas arrived with his rocket kits and explained the method of construction to Year 6 students, who already take part in the school's motorised car project.
With summer finally here, how about one of our baseball caps with an embroidered car or BLOODHOUND logo on it (£10)? Or a printed navy T-shirt for just £15 or polo shirt at £20. For those cool evenings, put on one of our rugby shirts, fleece jackets or zipped hoodies (each £35). We also have kids’ hoodies for £25 which would be perfect after a long day at the beach ... and the DVD of Thrust 2 with the additional interviews with Andy Green and Richard Noble taking a retrospective view is really unmissable for speed enthusiasts.
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