In a world exclusive interview featuring previously unseen footage, Wing Commander (ret’d) Andy Green recounts the story of breaking the sound barrier in a car, achieving 771 mph at ground level. He ...

Human beings achieved many ‘firsts’ in the 20th century. We climbed the planet’s highest mountains, dived its deepest undersea trench, flew over it faster than the speed of sound, and even escaped it ...

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 to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We live in the long tail of land-speed records. For most of the past century, the title of fastest human on wheels traded hands ...

It’s the 20th anniversary of the Thrust SSC’s run. Up next, the Bloodhound. Next week, the Bloodhound Project folks will stage an event on a 1.7-mile runway at Cornwall Airport Newquay in southwestern ...

A rocket-powered car is on track to set a land speed record of 1000 mph, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Bloodhound SSC is the brainchild of Richard Noble, the British creator of Thrust SSC, ...

Andy Green broke the speed of sound in the mighty jet-engined Thrust SSC in 1997. The 63-year-old former RAF fighter pilot, whose land speed world record of 763.035mph has stood since 1997, is chasing ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

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 the ...

In October, a 6.4-ton car powered by a fighter jet engine will begin testing in one of South Africa’s deserts, aiming to enter the select group of fastest cars of all times. Called Bloodhound Land ...

Practical mechanics escapes many people. Others can happily maintain a bicycle, or build their own engine. But how many people can build a car capable of over 1,000mph? These people can. Alex Goy is ...

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 ...