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Bloodhound 1,000mph land speed record project enters administration

Published 15 October 2018
By James Allen
The fate of the Bloodhound SSC 1,000MPH land speed record has been put into doubt, as the company running the project has entered administration.
Bloodhound SSC car will make its 1,000mph land speed record attempt in autumn 2019

Bloodhound SSC will attempt 1,000mph in 2019

Richard Noble has had it with delays. In a rousing statement sent out this morning, the Bloodhound SSC Project Director announced...
Published 16 May 2018
Retirement? I'd rather design a supersonic car, says Bloodhound engineer Ron Ayers

The OAP designing the Bloodhound supersonic car

At 85, Ron Ayers enjoys making stained glass windows and drives a Volkswagen Golf at a sensible, “subsonic speed”. He is also the aerodynamicist...
Published 04 November 2017
From 0 to 200mph in 7sec: Bloodhound land speed record car's first jet-powered run

200mph in 7sec: Bloodhound makes first run

With a thunderous shriek that raised heads five miles away Wing Commander Andy Green today lit the afterburner on the world’s most ambitious car.
Published 26 October 2017
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Bloodhound SSC to commence runway trials in November

More than seven years after the project was announced, the Bloodhound SSC supersonic rocket car will blast off for the first time on November 17...
Published 15 June 2015