Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier on land, set a new world land-speed record for a hydrogen-powered ...
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The only driver to crack the sound barrier in a car breaks another land speed record, in Utah
Brit Andy Green beat the previous speed record for a hydrogen-powered car by more than double.
Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot from Britain, was already the only person to break the sound barrier on land. “The ground comes at you very, very quickly,” he said.
The first — and only — person to break the sound barrier in a car hits the track in Utah this week with new wheels and his eye on another record.
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Just days after the JCB Hydromax hit 368.347 mph (592.797 km/h), the hydrogen-powered vehicle has just set a new Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) world land speed record of 406.320 mph ...
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Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier in a car, sets hydrogen speed record with JCB
The former Royal Air Force fighter pilot reached 406.320mph (653.908kph) in JCB's 1,600bhp Hydromax streamliner less than two ...
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