[RocketsNW] New Land Speed Record Attempt Planned By Brits

[Hammer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7685049.stm

Supersonic car targets 1,000mph

*The British team that claimed the land speed record in 1997, taking a 
car through the sound barrier for the first time, is planning to go even 
faster.*

RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC 
jet-powered vehicle at 763mph (1,228km/h).

Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of 
reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h).

Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be powered by a rocket bolted to a 
Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine.

The team-members have been working on the concept for the past 18 months 
and expect to be ready to make their new record attempt in 2011.

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The embedded video in the news story shows an animation of how the 
record attempt might look.  The animation reminds me of the old Joe 
Isuzu ad from the '80s of Joe racing a bullet in an Isuzu Impulse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0UejzZDZ8

Robert