The Bloodhound SSC is the offspring of the Thrust SSC that set the world land speed record in 1997, RAF pilot Andy Green blasting across the desert at 793 miles per hour.

If you remember the Bloodhound Supser Sonic Car, you know the team behind the monstrosity is out to make sure the land-speed record remains in British custody for the foreseeable future.

After several months of sitting on its runway wheels, Bloodhound SSC is now back up on blocks ... high speed is the carbon fibre liners for the front wheel bays. As the car tears across the ...

Those were the words of Mark Chapman, chief engineer of the 1,000mph Bloodhound SSC project, as he inspected our design. He wasn’t referring to the monster machine powering Andy Green to his ...

Primary school investigate why cars normally have tyres - even though Bloodhound SSC does not. They visit a race track to find out about grip and traction, and ride bikes to find out about comfort.

In three words Bloodhound's operations director, Martyn Davidson, summed up the fantastic achievements of our month at Newquay. We had just completed our first public runs, in front of a crowd of ...

In a previous run in the Thrust SSC days, Andy Green's car jumped 50 ... Getting enough fuel to the rocket is the hardest part: the Bloodhound team is using a V8 from a Jaguar just to pump it ...