Thrust SSC - still the only car to travel faster than the speed of sound

Today, 15th October 2017, marks the 20th anniversary of the Thrust SSC team setting the World Land Speed Record of 763.035mph - making it the first and only car to reach speeds faster than the speed of the sound.

[matejan]

1940: We are going to have flying cars in the future!

2000: Well yes, but actually no

[brandonmorales]

"Yes officer, it's stock."

[ThePointlessBox_]

Thats a lot of fancy words to say he was drifting at 700mph

[sharpasacueball]

I remember reading about this vehicle as a kid. I can't believe it is still the fastest land vehicle in the world!

[Cool_bloke_]

"Fastest car in the world"

That is a flightless fighter jet.

Oh and boo hoo to everyone mad at two effortless sentences 💀

[ajp]

Cop: do you know how fast you were going?
Driver:
Cop: where the hell did he go?

[DonLee]

having to put on 90 degrees of steering lock just stay in a straight line at 700mph... this guy's got huge balls.

[mandarian]

Gotta love the casual yet informative way this guy describes how he accomplished the most impressive speed feat on land that probably would’ve killed nearly anyone else on earth.

[tivvy]

Driving only 30 mph
How fast my mom thinks I’m driving:

[davidschmidt]

I was wondering as he was speaking, about how he gained the experience to handle a car at that speed, plus his knowledge of the engineering behind the whole thing. I thought perhaps he'd been a drag-car racer. Then I noticed the crest on his right chest, 'Royal Air Force'. Ahhh...(as the Brits say..) "Right, then."
He never actually changed jobs, he just changed altitude.

[h.washali]

That ain't no car


That's a drivable missile

[ImNotHereEither]

I think I just heard Andy describe doing a power slide, on the throttle, at nearly 600mph. He’s clearly insane.

[tobee_gamer]

“I caught you going over 700 mph in a 40 mph zone”

“But the speed limit is Mach 2…”

[shevetlevi]

Highway Patrol: "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
Andy Green: "Because I let you."
"Will traffic school erase the points on my record?"

[exhasutshot]

1980:we in future have flying cars
2020:we have land planes

[dre]

I remember when they did this back in 1997. I was teaching an engineering class and made one of the midterm problems about it. Current events and everything, you know.
Great video. The pilot of course seems very impressive, and of course brave.
Really, going supersonic in general is a very difficult thing, and I would have bet against it working. It sure was not easy to do that in aircraft, and on land there are many new challenges to encounter.

[FFRS]

Its actually insane that this dude was subconciously thinking about all these things to keep himself safe, while going 800mph, while talking to the ground crew about whats happening. Such a smart dude.

[ImTHATguy...]

Police officer: "Do you know how fast you were going?"
This guy: "All the miles per hour".

[HogRidaaa]

Comments
45% it’s not actually a car
52% about his balls
3% actually talking about the speed and the engineering

[Colin_Lawlor_Audio]

If only they had proper footage of this amazing-sounding feat....