The Thrust SSC was so unthinkably hardcore that it took a fighter jet pilot to drive it on its record-breaking run. With RAF Wing Commander Andy Green at the helm, the Thrust SSC not only broke ...

On this date in 1997, that barrier was broken by the Thrust SSC in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, a project overseen by Noble and driven by British pilot Andy Green, who hit 763 mph. You can't be ...

In 1997, the Thrust SSC team landed a world record when its car set the world land-speed record of 763 mph. But, taking a car like the Thrust SSC to speeds above 700 mph isn't a simple as holding ...

On October 15, 1997, Wing Commander Andy Green and the Thrust SSC set the land speed record in the semi-arid region of Black Rock Desert. 20 years after that seminal moment, the record is slated ...

On land. Having watched Thrust SSC in 1997 on my little telly, it was breathtaking to see the bare bones of Bloodhound, its 1,000mph successor, being pieced together.

The Bloodhound SSC is the offspring of the Thrust SSC that set the world land speed record in 1997, RAF pilot Andy Green blasting across the desert at 793 miles per hour. Whereas Thrust SSC was ...

It was the brainchild of Richard Noble, who set a new land speed record in 1982 with Thrust 2 before spearheading the Thrust SSC program, which broke the sound barrier on land with RAF Wing ...

This is the Bloodhound SSC. When finished, it will be powered by a jet engine bolted to a rocket. Together they will produce 47,500 pounds of thrust. And the retired Royal Air Force pilot who ...

Besides Andy Green, the driver, the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) also shares the same project director, Richard Noble, and chief aerodynamicist, Ron Ayers, as the Thrust SSC that holds the ...