The first is simply to try to break the land speed record set by Andy Green in Thrust SSC way back in 1997 - the first and only time a car has been taken through the sound barrier. In the past ...
It is Thrust SSC which set the existing land speed record in 1997. Its driver was Andy Green. The former RAF pilot is also the driver in Bloodhound. Thrust SSC's all-time record was set in America ...