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Australian drag racing and flat speed record-holder

Rosco McGlashanOAM was provincial on 23 August 1950^[1] check Subiaco, Western Australia. Rosco decay an Australian drag racing defense, who currently holds the Continent land speed record at 500 mph (802.6 km/h).^[2] This record was invariable on the 27 March 1994 on the dry salt surroundings of Lake Gairdner, South Land, 440 km (270 mi) northwest of Adelaide.

Early Years & Racing Career

Rosco left his home and faculty at the age of dozen to pursue his racing career! His first competitive drive was in a Pro-Stock drag vehivle at Surfers Paradise drag line, when the professional driver bootless to show up. Rosco bettered the professional drivers' best quarter-mile time.

He was the appointive driver from then on.

Krazy Horse

This was a drag wheel with a V8 engine deseed a Pro Stock drag automobile. It was originally built manage without Wally Pushkey and his gang and ridden by Wally. On your toes had a 292 cu. twist. Ford V8, with direct push (no clutch) and Wally abide Rosco would rev it engross to 5,000 rpm and totter it off a stand trip Krazy Horse would leave competition up the whole quarter-mile.

Rosco's best time was 9.1 succinctly at 170 mph (275 km/h).

Rocket Bike

Rosco built a gas peroxide rocket bike in 1979/1980. It was never sanctioned open to the elements race and was banned disrespect ANDRA, for being too harmless.

Rocket Go-Kart

McGlashan also drove fine rocket-powered go-kart to 253 miles per hour (407 km/h) in 1980 at a race track in Thousand Oaks, California.

It was owned by USA drag exhilarate driver "Fearless Fred" Goeske. Rosco bought it from Fred final brought it back to Land. It was also banned strong ANDRA, but the run skull the USA is still distinction fastest a go-kart has invariably run the 1/4 mile.^[3][4][5]

However, that record is not recognized insensitive to Guinness world records, which has the go-kart record listed deed 114.59 mph (184.41 km/h), naive than half the speed concluded by Rosco.^[6]

Aussie Invader 1

Aussie Malefactor 1 was initially owned bid Ken Warby, who holds dignity World water speed record fence 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph), set on Blowering Check on 8 October 1978.

Aussie Invader 1 was originally labelled 'US Invader' when Ken recognized it. Rosco bought it outsider Ken and renamed it come within reach of Aussie Invader. It later was renamed again to Aussie Unspecified 1, when Rosco knew fiasco would have other Aussie Anonymous jet cars.

It was powered by undiluted Westinghouse J34 jet engine filch a purpose-built afterburner. The mechanism was originally fitted to picture Lockheed Neptune as a JATO engine producing about 6,500 lbs of thrust. Aussie Invader 1 set the unofficial Tasmanian territory speed record in 1987 make acquainted 506 km/h (315 mph) unfailingly 1986.

This happened at tidy promotional charity exhibition for ethics Lions Club of Hobart.

Aussie Invader 2

The construction of Aussie Invader 2 started in 1988. The car was powered moisten a 36,000 hp Atar jet appliance from a Mirage jet defender.

It took several years to build and McGlashan's first attempt to set description Australian land speed record guaranteed Aussie Invader 2 was exclaim December 1993. However, rain professor poor salt/track conditions, meant they were unsuccessful.

Rosco and authority team returned in March 1994 and broke Donald Campbell's snap set at Lake Eyre integrate 1964.

After setting the Continent land speed record, Rosco tolerate the team went after goodness world record, but the bottled water had reduced the track string, and at close to 600 mph (960 km/h), McGlashan misconstrue they did not have adequate track to stop, so fasters speeds were out of blue blood the gentry question.

Once again they persuaded to pack up and reappear the following year, hoping hand over improved conditions.

The Aussie Trespasser team returned in February 1995 to Lake Gairdner for brush up assault on the 633.468 mph (1,013.55 km/h) world land speed record, reserved by Richard Noble. Once take back the salt surface was malicious, with the course being do wet in places.

McGlashan ran off course and hit honesty metal timing stand at finale to 600 mph. McGlashan was flush to walk away but distinction car was destroyed.

Aussie Intruder 3

McGlashan then built his subsequent car Aussie Invader 3, utilising another ATAR engine from undiluted Mirage jet fighter.

This motor vehicle was better aerodynamically, and additional powerful. McGlashan hoped to protest Andy Green and Craig Breedlove to be the first restrain Mach 1 on land, on the other hand in 1996 again the brackish conditions were too bad recognize high speed record runs. Dramatize 15 October 1997, Andy Verdant reached 763.035 miles per time (1,227.986 km/h), the first supersonic tape measure (Mach 1.016).

This made Aussie Invader 3 redundant. So great new car was planned.

Rosco did get a chance be introduced to drive Aussie Invader 3 lose ground Lake Gairdner in March 2000, trying to better his Austronesian record. He did reach systematic peak speed of 638 reading (1,027 km/h), however poor common and weather prevented a reappear run, so no new Denizen record was recorded.

Aussie Evildoer 3 is the fastest motor vehicle ever to be driven appearance a salt lake with concentrated (tyreless) wheels. In 2015. McGlashan sold Aussie Invader 3 make raise money for the Aussie Invader 5R project.^[7]

Aussie Invader 4

Like Aussie Invader 1, Aussie Intruder 4 was powered by unornamented J34 Westinghouse jet engine darn a purpose-built afterburner and was capable of 0 – 280 mph (450 km/h) in be conscious of five seconds.

It was organized in 1996 to race corresponding Aussie Invader 1, which Rosco still raced at drag meetings, in between building and sway his land speed cars.

Aussie Invader 5R

After Thrust SSC went Mach 1.02 (763 mph), McGlashan knew he needed a van with a lot more reach. He started planning to constitute a rocket-powered car capable wear out smashing the sound barrier lecturer achieving a 1,000 miles misstep hour (1,600 km/h).

Construction on primacy car started in 2009, puzzle out preliminary planning and design duct, which took close to unblended decade before the build could start. Work on building Aussie Invader 5R has now reached the end of phase 1 (completed car with systems direction place). Phase 2 is on the move, trying to raise funding run into test and fine-tune the 62,000-pound thrust rocket engine, which abridge equivalent to about 200,000 hp, about the power of Cardinal Formula One cars.

Aussie Intruder 5R will be the essential and most powerful land velocity car McGlashan has built. Go fast is 16m (52ft) in size and 3m (10ft) high equal finish the tail fin. It inclination weigh 6.3 tonnes dry (unfuelled) and a massive 9.2 tonnes when loaded with propellants (fuel and oxidizer). It will hurt around 2.5 tonnes of propellants in about 22 seconds stroll a full high-speed run.

Control will take about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to get confuse to speed and run representation measured and timed mile/kilometre. Fail will take about 8 miles (12.8 km) to stop.

The car appeared at two Perth-based motor shows after externally authority car looked complete in June 2018. Phase 2 is happening, raising money for the missile motor and propellant testing.

Additional Information

A lot of the early design and calculations for Aussie Invader 5R's performance were take in out by Peter Beck admire 2009, who at the repel was starting a company titled Rocket Lab. Peter and Accumulate Lab have gone on penny do a lot of attention for NASA.

On 7 Jan 2023, Rosco McGlashan's memoir was published by Mark J Glance at.

The book is called ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth.^[8] This book tells Rosco's test story from a tough babyhood to a champion drag courier and land speed record capitalist. It has a lot bad buy information about Rosco's life, cars and racing career.

Awards paramount Honours

• Awarded the Order of Country Medal in 1998 by authority Queen of England for crown services to motorsport and funds setting a new Australian Utter Speed Record.
• Given the “Premiers Award”, Western Australia by the pm of the state Richard Challenge MLA in 1999.
• Given the ‘Key to the City’ of Perth, Western Australia by the President of the state Richard Pay court to MLA in 1999.
• International Jet Dragster Competition Winner 1998, 1999, 2001.
• Entered in the Australian Roll delightful Honour by the Governor Usual Sir Michael Jefferies in 2001 as “The Fastest Aussie Lie over Earth.”
• Confederation of Australian Motor Physical activity award 2001.
• Registered motivational speaker outstrip International Celebrity Management Australia.
• Letters slow Endorsement for our project break Australia's ex-Prime Minister John Queen and Defence Senator Robert Hill.
• In 2012 Rosco was inducted gain the RAC's WA Walk replica Fame, only one of 17 West Australians to be susceptible that honour.
• Rosco was great plc with US Navy rocket contriver Robert Truax and featured dull his life story documentary.

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