Breaking the 300-mph barrier is difficult because of several factors, including overall logistics and the sheer amount of ...

Progress continues to be made on the Bloodhound SSC land speed record car with the company releasing a brief video showing its hugely-powered jet engine in action. Driver Andy Green was behind the ...

What has a jet engine, a rocket booster and travels on a set of aluminum wheels? It’s the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) and it has plans to hit the world land speed record at 1,000 mph. Made ...

Many of those who set that record are back to break it, including RAF Wing Commander Andy Green who drove Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car) in the Arizona desert, making history as the first person to ...

Watch Bloodhound SSC's animated preview of the car » The wheels on the jet- and rocket-powered car, which will be 12.8 meters long and weigh 6.4 tons, will spin at more than 10,000 times per minute.

You might think, as I did, that Green is the UK’s go-to land speed record pilot simply because of his background flying Phantom and Tornado jets for the RAF and his experience with Thrust SSC.

The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) unveiled in London on Thursday is an engineering marvel that its builders hope will inspire a new generation of engineers like the Space Race during the Cold ...