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 ...
ThrustSSC celebrates 25th anniversary The ThrustSSC hit a speed of 763 mph in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada on October 15, 1997. This made it the first ever land vehicle to break the sound barrier.
Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.
British RAF pilot Andy Green achieved the Land Speed Record in ThrustSSC 25 years ago ...