From 0 to 200mph in seven seconds: Bloodhound land-speed record car’s first jet-powered run

WITH A thunderous shriek that raised heads five miles away Wing Commander Andy Green lit the afterburner today on the world’s most ambitious car, Bloodhound SSC. He expects to hit 1,000mph on an African desert within two years. During its “low-speed” maiden run, on the runway at Newquay airport in Cornwall, the jet and rocket-powered … Continue reading From 0 to 200mph in seven seconds: Bloodhound land-speed record car’s first jet-powered run