NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. – The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green, a former Wing Commander with the British Royal Air Force, drove the ThrustSSC through the ...

In a remote corner of northwestern Utah, there isn't a rock, or tree, or even a blade of grass in sight — just miles and miles of salt in every direction. It's here, at the Bonneville Salt Flats, ...

Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.

ThrustSSC celebrates 25th anniversary The ThrustSSC hit a speed of 763 mph in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada on October 15, 1997. This made it the first ever land vehicle to break the sound barrier.

British RAF pilot Andy Green achieved the Land Speed Record in ThrustSSC 25 years ago ...