THE engineer behind the ThrustSSC said he is mightily impressed with Coventry Museum's plans for the supersonic car. THE engineer behind the ThrustSSC said he is mightily impressed with Coventry ...

October 24, 2008 Current and former record holders Andy Green OBE and Richard Noble OBE are joining forces in an effort to set a new world land speed mark. The current record of 763 mph (slightly ...

According to the FIA, the title of the fastest land vehicle on the planet belongs to Andy Green’s ThrustSSC. It was bestowed upon it all the way back in 1997, when the machine shot past the sound ...

It’s been nearly eight years since the Bloodhound SSC project was first announced. Yet the supersonic land vehicle that promises to be the fastest ever devised has yet to run. But soon the wait will ...

NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. – The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green, a former Wing Commander with the British Royal Air Force, drove the ThrustSSC through the ...

Next summer, a team of engineers will attempt to smash the land speed record by reaching more than 1,000mph in their Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC). The project has been seven years in the making and ...

The latest addition to the Museum of British Road Transport in Coventry is the Spirit of Speed gallery built around two amazing cars, ThrustSSC, first to break the sound barrier on land in 1997, and ...

Boom! The Bloodhound SSC - Britain's 1,000mph jet car - is here! That ‘Boom!' was, of course, the sound of the Bloodhound breaking the sound barrier, some 232mph before hitting its top speed. Not that ...

For a brief period in 1964, when the rules governing land speed records were transitioning from wheel powered to jet propelled vehicles, the official land speed record was held by Donald Campbell in ...

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news. The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green ...