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'Cool' Russian rocket installed in Wiltshire garden | 'Cool' Russian rocket installed in Wiltshire garden |
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A Russian rocket, which was once the fastest machine in the earth's atmosphere, has been installed in a private garden in a Wiltshire village. | A Russian rocket, which was once the fastest machine in the earth's atmosphere, has been installed in a private garden in a Wiltshire village. |
The Hypersonic Flying Laboratory, known as Kholod, was bought at auction for £38,000 by Rory Sweet. | The Hypersonic Flying Laboratory, known as Kholod, was bought at auction for £38,000 by Rory Sweet. |
He said he had to buy it because it was "the coolest thing I had ever seen". | He said he had to buy it because it was "the coolest thing I had ever seen". |
The rocket, once capable of flying at almost 5,000mph (8,000km/h), has been restored and set in place in his garden in Sherston. | The rocket, once capable of flying at almost 5,000mph (8,000km/h), has been restored and set in place in his garden in Sherston. |
Mr Sweet said: "I saw it for sale at a car auction, and decided to buy it, not really knowing what I was going to do with it." | Mr Sweet said: "I saw it for sale at a car auction, and decided to buy it, not really knowing what I was going to do with it." |
He said the rocket had been stripped down and repainted by a company specialising in car restorations in South Cerney, Gloucestershire. | He said the rocket had been stripped down and repainted by a company specialising in car restorations in South Cerney, Gloucestershire. |
Mr Sweet said he would make a "bit of a garden feature out of it". | |
The machine, which weighs five tonnes and is 39ft (12m) long, originally cost more than $10m to develop. | The machine, which weighs five tonnes and is 39ft (12m) long, originally cost more than $10m to develop. |
It was built in an experimental collaborative project between the Soviet Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and the American National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). | It was built in an experimental collaborative project between the Soviet Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and the American National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). |
It was capable of doing 4,925mph (Mach 6.47), which set a record in 1991 for the fastest machine to run within the earth's atmosphere - a record it held for a decade. | It was capable of doing 4,925mph (Mach 6.47), which set a record in 1991 for the fastest machine to run within the earth's atmosphere - a record it held for a decade. |
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