Land speed record - Wikipedia
WEBThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at 1,227.986 km/h (763.035 mph) set October 15, 1997. The land speed record (LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by …
Land speed (fastest car) - Guinness World Records
WEBThe official land-speed record (measured over one mile) is 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mi/h) (Mach 1.020), set by Andy Green (UK) on 15 October 1997 in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, in Thrust SSC. The car is powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey 202 jet engines which generate 222 kN (50,000 lb) of thrust. Green, a retired British Royal Air Force ...
List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia
WEBThe following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category.
Thrust SSC - still the only car to travel faster than the speed of ...
WEBToday, 15th October 2017, marks the 20th anniversary of the Thrust SSC team setting the World Land Speed Record of 763.035mph - making it the first and only car to reach speeds faster than...
FIA World Land Speed Records - Federation Internationale de …
WEBOUTRIGHT WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD. The current holder of the Outright World Land Speed Record is ThrustSSC driven by Andy Green, a twin turbofan jet-powered car which achieved 763.035 mph - 1227.985 km/h - over one mile in October 1997. This is the first supersonic record as it exceeded the sound barrier at Mach 1.016.
Meet the fastest cars in the world 20 years after Thrust SSC's land ...
WEBMonday 15 October marked 21 years since Thrust SSC set the current land-speed record of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph) in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The land-speed record, aka the fastest car on Earth, remains one of the benchmarks of technological development.
Andy Green: Fastest car (land-speed record) - Guinness World Records
WEBAndy Green: Fastest car (land-speed record) As the speedometer crept up past 350 mph (560 km/h), Andy Green OBE realised that his car was swinging out of control. Each tiny movement of the steering wheel created a wobble that …
Fastest Land Speed - Andy Green OBE & Richard Noble OBE - YouTube
WEBDec 8, 2014 · Subscribe to never miss a video! || https://gwr.co/YT-SubCheck out the GWR favourites! || http://gwr.co/YT-FavsOne of the most coveted world record titles, f...
Thrust2 - Wikipedia
WEBThe Thrust2 is powered by a single Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine sourced from an English Electric Lightning, and has a configuration somewhat resembling that of the mid-1960s-era J79 turbojet-powered land speed record cars of Art Arfons, collectively known as the "Green Monster" cars.
History of land speed record cars Bloodhound SSC - Red Bull
WEBJul 26, 2016 · Fred Marriott was an American racing driver who, in 1906 with a Stanley Rocket, set the world land speed record at 127.659mph (205.5kph) on the Daytona Beach Road Course. He tried to break his...
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