There is only one car in history that has ever broken the sound barrier, and it's called "Thrust SuperSonic Car," which achieved this feat back in October 1997 after reaching speeds of 763 miles per ...

30 May 2023, 19:37 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Though it looks like a wingless plane, the Thrust SSC is a record-braking car, albeit one that managed to break the sound barrier 26 years ago ...

It's been 12 years since RAF fighter pilot Andy Green OBE and Thrust SSC scythed through the sound barrier on their way to the current World Land Speed Record of 763.053mph. So Green and former record ...

Ron Ayers, the man behind the world's fastest car, the Thrust SSC, passed away at the age of 92. His vehicle was designed to hit supersonic speeds and break records, and it did just that in 1997. 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 ...

Winter in 1997 was a glorious time to be alive. People were still hopeful after a change of government a few months earlier, England had just qualified for France 98, The Spice Girls were vying for ...

You are already the fastest man on terra firma. What was the Thrust SSC experience like, and how does it feel 17 years later? Building and running the world’s first supersonic car, and setting the ...

A look at the car that wants to beat the 763MPH (1228KMH) land speed record set by the Thrust SSC in October 1997. The Morning After - A twice-weekly dose of the news you need ...

There's a team in the U.K. trying to beat the current land speed record for a steerable vehicle of 763 mph, set by local fighter pilot Andy Green all the way back in 1997 in the jet-powered Thrust SSC ...