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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Feb 3, 2021 · By Mike Duff Published: Feb 03, 2021 2:59 PM EST. Bloodhound project. The Land Speed Record car Bloodhound’s fate has been an on again, off again thing for several years. Now the most-recent...

  6. Oct 15, 2017 · Subscribed. 87K. 8M views 6 years ago. Today, 15th October 2017, marks the 20th anniversary of the Thrust SSC team setting the World Land Speed Record of 763.035mph - making it the first and...

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  7. Oct 15, 2018 · 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.

  8. Land speed record: the 18 fastest cars in the world and their drivers - BBC Science Focus Magazine.

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