The prototype Maglev trains can now run at 375 mph ... the year he topped 300 mph and set a new land-speed record. Imagno/Getty Images But if Thrust SSC turns out to be the last one, he adds ...

The Thrust SSC car makes a speed run in September 1997 in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno, Nevada. The car eventually set a series of land speed records, culminating in the first supersonic land ...

It also tied the Notre Dame record for longest run in program history. As you could probably imagine, social media erupted following the dash. Below are some of the best tweets reacting to Love's ...

Thrust SSC was at an advanced stage ... Secondly, and most importantly, someone has to pilot the boat to achieve a valid world record breaking run, and Thrust will soon commence a six month programme ...

In 1977, Thrust1 completed its first run, and after it crashed in ... Unlike previous record-breaking vehicles, the Thrust SSC was powered by two jet engines. Both gargantuan units were Rolls ...

At several points during the run, he had to turn the wheel almost 90 degrees to keep the jet car straight. The initial record attempt on September 25, 1997, saw the Thrust SSC achieve an average speed ...

According to the Guinness World Records, Green described Thrust SSC at 500-700 miles per hour as 'a massive handful, bordering on uncontrollable'. “The two huge booms that rang out over the site ...

While the timeline for the record run is yet to be confirmed, it will take place on a specially prepared track in South Africa. The current land speed record is held by Bloodhound's own Thrust SSC.

The UK wants another crack at the world land speed record ... to have run above 600mph were Sonic 1, Blue Flame, Thrust2, Budweiser Rocket, Sonic Arrow, Aussie Invader III, and Thrust SSC.

Of course that first run of his was not a land speed record as such, as to comply with the FIA’s ... while the outright LSR is the same 763mph achieved by Andy Green in Thrust SSC at Black Rock desert ...

Dubbed Thrust SuperSonic Car (or Thrust SSC, for short), the record-breaking ... literally requiring a ton of fuel for each record-breaking run. While building a behemoth like the SSC required ...

Born in 1937 in Los Angeles, Breedlove—Land Speed Record racing’s biggest ... Noble who commissioned the Thrust SSC endeavor to parry Spirit of America’s run on its LSR crown.