British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed record
British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed recordByYang TianPublished3 minutes agoA British driver who was the first person to break the sound barrier in a car on land has set a new speed record, this time in a hydrogen-powered vehicle.Andy Green, a 64-year-old…
- ▪British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed recordByYang TianPublished3 minutes agoA British driver who was the first person to break the sound barrier in a car on land has set a new speed record, this time in a hydrogen-powered v
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- ▪ Driver who broke the sound barrier to attempt another land speed record in Utah — The Guardian — US
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British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed recordByYang TianPublished3 minutes agoA British driver who was the first person to break the sound barrier in a car on land has set a new speed record, this time in a hydrogen-powered vehicle.Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot, reached a speed of 406mph (654km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, the fastest a hydrogen-powered car has ever travelled.Green's record was measured as an average of two runs in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines, with a combined 1,600 brake horsepower (bhp).In 1997, Green drove the jet-powered ThrustSSC across Nevada's Black Rock Desert at 763mph (1,228km/h), making him the first, and still the only person, to break the sound barrier on land.Twenty years ago,…
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