Britain has made a prototype of fastest car on earth Bloodhound SSC. The car will be tested in 2011.
BLOODHOUND SSC (supersonic car) has been designed to run at speeds up to 1050mph. It is currently entering the build phase of the programme and the first attempt is scheduled for summer 2010 - with a target of 800mph. The car will then be reviewed and modified before aiming for 1000mph in 2011.
Richard Noble, the driving force behind British World Land Speed racing for over 25 years, says: "This is an iconic engineering and education adventure for the 21st century that is pushing technology to its limit. We aim to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists by designing and building our incredible car capable of 1000 mph".
Bloodhound SSC is a pencil-shaped car powered by a jet engine and a rocket that is designed to reach approximately 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h). It is being developed and built with the intention of breaking the land speed record by the largest ever margin. With £10 M of sponsorship funding is obtained the construction should be complete by the mid of 2010 and the record attempt may happen in 2011.
Andy Green is the current holder of the World Land speed record, and the first person to break the sound barrier on land. On 25 September 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of 714.144 mph (1149.30 km/h). On October 15, 1997, exactly 50 years and 1 day after the sound barrier was broken in aerial flight by Chuck Yeager, Andy Green reached 763.035 mph (1227.99 km/h), the first supersonic record (Mach 1.016). Andy is now working with Richard Noble again on their new record attempt to break the 1,000 mph mark with Bloodhound SSC.