After all, he played such a crucial part in the Thrust SSC record of 763.035mph in 1997 and its almost-but-not-quite LSR successor, Bloodhound.

Unlike the above records set by Bugatti or McLaren, these were all set by race cars that were not road-legal. This shouldn't ...

The Thrust SSC is a record-breaking car that broke the sound barrier 26 years ago and still holds the world land speed record.

The success of Thrust II laid the foundation for the development of the Thrust SSC, which would go on to break the sound barrier and set an even faster land speed record.

The Thrust SSC used two Rolls-Royce Spey jet engines, but the only reason the team could afford them in the first place was thanks to Noble's shrewd negotiation skills.

The team behind the land-speed record – considered one of the greatest feats of engineering of the last century – have been in Coventry to look ahead to a major anniversary for the project. Thrust SSC ...

On this day 24 years ago, 15 October 1997, Green beat a land speed record he himself had set in Thrust of 714.144mph on September 25. The Thrust SSC looked like an upside-down fighter plane, and was ...

On this day 24 years ago, 15 October 1997, Green beat a land speed record he himself had set in Thrust of 714.144mph on September 25. The Thrust SSC looked like an upside-down fighter plane, and ...

They were part of the team that worked on the Thrust SSC (supersonic car), which blazed across Nevada’s Black Rock Desert in 1997, setting the current world land-speed record of 763 mph. Ayers ...

Thrust SSC breaks the sound barrier in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert in ’97. Large backers, including Jaguar Land Rover, fulfilled their obligations and then dropped out.

The monopropellant rocket is expected to equip the vehicle with an extra 60 kN of thrust, which the team hopes will take it past the 763 mph (1,228 km/h) achieved by the Thrust SSC in 1997.

The team behind the potentially world-beating Bloodhound LSR project has reached astronomical heights in its latest trial run. The purpose-built land speed car blasted to 628 miles per hour ...