29 Sep 2017, 11:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Slowly but surely, the British-led project that aims to correct the standing land speed record by more than 200 mph is getting ready for the big day ...

Getting a 1000mph car to go 1000mph isn’t particularly hard, you just need an absolutely MASSIVE engine. However, keeping it from exploding, taking off, crashing and more is the really hard part. The ...

On the morning of October 15, 1997, a dust trail streaked across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. At its apex, driver Andy Green braced himself at the wheel of thrust SSC as the jet-powered car reached ...

Bloodhound SSC is a British designed supersonic land vehicle, currently under development, with the aim of smashing the world land-speed record. The pencil-shaped car, designed for optimal ...

Engineers work on the carbon-fiber body of the Bloodhound SSC, which could shatter the global land speed record within the next two years. LONDON — A rocket-powered car unveiled Thursday in London ...

Wing Commander Andy Green gives a tour of the Bloodhound SSC model To break the world land speed record requires ambition, courage, persistence, ingenuity - and a great deal of money. Raising the ...

The land speed record has stood at around 763 miles per hour since it was set by Andy Green in Thrust SSC back in 1997. The former air force pilot turned jet car driver was set to break his own record ...

On April 2, New York State Police responded to a report of a tractor-trailer on its side off the roadwayon Slaterville Road in the town of Dryden. 35-year-old man found with gunshot wound on South ...

Are there some practical implications of developing this technology or is this just for bragging rights? I'm trying to decide how much I should care about this. I'm not knocking anyone who wants to ...

An attempt to break the world land speed record has been delayed again, with the British-led Bloodhound project put back to 2017. The supersonic car, which has been in development since 2008, should ...

An Evening with BLOODHOUND Rocket Car Driver Andy Green. Enjoy this exclusive opportunity to hear respected fighter pilot and BLOODHOUND driver Andy Green talk about his personal story and his ...

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