Supersonic car targets 1,000mph

[Steve]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7685049.stm

video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7685049.stm

The British team that claimed the land speed record in 1997, taking a car through the sound barrier for the first time, is planning to go even faster.

RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC jet-powered vehicle at 763mph (1,228km/h).

Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h).

Bloodhound powered by Eurofighter jet engine with hybrid rocket attached, enabling car to accelerate from 0-1,050mph in 40 seconds.

[Matt]

i couldnt even fathom going 1,000 mph in a f'in car, especially getting to that speed in 40 seconds

[Spazz]

My civic is faster than that ****.

[ShArP]

oh so that was you Spazz that flew past me today on the highway?

[Chrispy]

1000 MPH is bloody fast, but who's gonna go that fast on a highway or something? Would probably be too dangerous, lol...

[Steve]

it's not a road car m8 :/

[Hellfighter]

the thing is he go 1.000mph for a short distant is all and not really go 1000 mile on given map.

i think he asking go high per plane is all will fly and flip over, unless he taken in count for air flow on the body and side wides if any

[atholon]

They have done that about 40 minutes from my house on the Salt Flats.

[Chels]

Wow, imagine the photography he could be taking! like if they shot the bullet beside him he could take a picture, that'd be one heck of a shot

[ShArP]

what photograph? lol

[Hellfighter]

funny if he had a camio mounted on the side of the jet car, filming everything as he was going at 1000mph

it be great if Xbox or PS3 had it link to people to watch it from the driver seat and feel the action of it all in their joy sticks going crazy as it going down the track at 1000mph

there maybe a time delay if he crash it then was bleeped out then, be too gory to watch