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ThrustSSC, 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 a person using a vehicle on land.
The 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 ...
Land vehicles. ThrustSSC, which has held the land speed record since 1997. VeloX3, formerly the world's fastest human-powered vehicle. Apollo 17 LRV, fastest vehicle driven on the Moon.
FIA World Land Speed Records. FIA World Records are motorsport distilled to its two most basic elements - distance versus time - to create the fastest recognised official speeds achieved by any wheeled vehicle on land. The Outright Land Speed Record, which currently stands at 763.035 mph (1227.985 km/h), is the most prestigious, but there are ...
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Monday 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.
The Thrust SSC is the fastest car in the world, achieving a speed of 1,223.6 kph (760.3 mph). With the help of land speed record holder Richard Noble, RAF pilot Andy Green became the first land speed holder to break the sound barrier. Almost 30 years later, this amazing record still stands.
Andy 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 required another movement to correct.
Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record, set on 15 October 1997, and driven by Andy Green, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and it became the first and only land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier.
Up until 1935, world land speed records were mostly set on beaches or in deserts until Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA became the venue of choice.