THE British team attempting to break the world land speed record today announced their 1,000mph vehicle will be built in Bristol.
It was also announced that the design for the Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic car) had now been sorted out, with a jet engine from the Eurofighter Typhoon being positioned above the prototype hybrid rocket.
The record attempt will begin with runs on a flat, dried-up lake bed at Hakskeen Pan, in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, in 2011.
The car is being driven by Wing Commander Andy Green, who broke the world record by achieving a speed of 763mph in Thrust SSC in 1997.
