Who broke the record of World Land Speed?

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Image source Wikipedia

Image source Wikipedia

Wing Commander Andrew Duncan Green OBE, a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot who broke the record of World Land Speed, he drove the jet-powered car ThrustSSC (supersonic car) with an astounding top speed rate of 763 mph, which lead him to become the first and only SuperSonic land speed record holder.

Born in 1962, 30th July, Atherstone, Warwickshire, decided to go into the military line, Green attended the Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1983 earning first-class honors in mathematics. He was promoted from acting pilot officer to substantive Pilot officer in the Royal Air Force and began training a role in a jet fighting squadron.

In 1997, he drove ThrustSSC where he reached a speed at 763mph, the first supersonic record ever, creating a sonic boom as the ThrustSSC exceeded the speed of sound. Gaining the World Land Speed record 'the fastest man on earth'

" (The sonic boom produced by ThrustSSC) was so powerful that 10 miles of the end of the track, the local town of Gerlach was experiencing what they thought were earthquakes" - Andy Green OBE

After attempting the record, he was promoted to Squadron Leader and was made Wing Commander in 2003.

In 2006 he piloted JCB DIESELMAX - the fastest diesel car, reaching an amazing speed of 328.767 mph, breaking the diesel land speed record. 

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He's currently the only man in history to have driven a SuperSonic and he holds records of 2 different categories of vehicles.

He has been chosen driver for the new BLOODHOUND SuperSonic car, which aims to exceed the target of 1000 mph.

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