At 63, he is still about to move into a long cockpit like a bus. On land, no one has ever gone faster than Andy Green. In October 1997, this British pilot propelled the Thrust SSC rocket at 763.03 mph in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. This represents 1,227.98 km/h, an official, supersonic ground speed record that has held for nearly three decades. Yet, Andy Green never put the helmet away. In 2006, he already signed a diesel record at Bonneville…
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At 63, he is still about to move into a long cockpit like a bus. On land, no one has ever gone faster than Andy Green. In October 1997, this British pilot propelled the Thrust SSC rocket at 763.03 mph in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. This represents 1,227.98 km/h, an official, supersonic ground speed record that has held for nearly three decades. Yet, Andy Green never put the helmet away. In 2006, he already signed a diesel record at Bonneville…