Driver Andy Green with his Thrust SSC jet car in 1997 after he set a new land-speed record at 714 mph, which he’d surpass later that year 102 with a pace of 763 mph. John Chapple/Getty Images ...

The Staffordshire-built vehicle was driven by Wing Cmdr Andy Green from RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire ... Wing Cmdr Green became the only person to drive at supersonic speeds in the vehicle Thrust ...

After all, he played such a crucial part in the Thrust SSC record of 763.035mph in 1997 ... designer Lorne Campbell and aerodynamicist Mike Green, powered by a Rolls-Royce Spey jet engine.

(1,046kmh) He was then project leader for Thrust SSC, a supersonic car driven by RAF squadron leader Andy Green that travelled faster than the speed of sound and broke the land speed record at 763mph ...

This is the path that led to him developing the Thrust SSC. Despite being the ... was left to former British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green. The Thrust might be the legacy of Ayers, but it's ...

Dubbed Thrust SuperSonic Car (or Thrust SSC, for short), the vehicle was developed ... Force fighter pilot for the job: Wing Commander Andy Green. After several attempts, which included a run ...

This feat, achieved on October 15, 1997, propelled the Thrust SSC and its driver, Andy Green, into the pantheon of motor and aeronautical legends. This record-breaking vehicle is called the Thrust ...

The land speed record has stood at around 763 miles per hour since it was set by Andy Green in Thrust SSC back in 1997. The former air force pilot turned jet car driver was set to break his own ...

Applicants will be scrutinised by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE (below), who was the first person to break the sound barrier on land en route to setting the current record of 763.035mph in 1997, in ...

The vehicle is on permanent display in the museum's Land Speed Gallery alongside Thrust SSC which, with the support of Mr Noble, Andy Green piloted to a supersonic 763mph (1227.9km/h) in 1997.

An entrepreneur is celebrating the anniversary of a land speed record he broke in Nevada 40 years ago. Richard Noble was behind the wheel of Thrust 2 as it averaged 633mph (1018.7km/h) in the ...

The driver of the world's fastest car, former RAF fighter pilot Andy Green, also holds the record for the world's fastest diesel car, set nearly 10 years after his famous Thrust SSC run.