BLOODHOUND SSC/STEFAN MARJORAM Andy Green says he has ... difficulties being in a car as opposed to sitting in a fighter aircraft. But when driver Andy Green flicked the switches in his cockpit ...

The Bloodhound SSC is the offspring of the Thrust ... And what a vehicle it is, called a mix between a "fast fighter jet, a Formula One car, a spaceship and a boat" by one of its engineers.

Bloodhound's jet was designed to work in a fighter, not in a car A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a ...

Dr Yan Wong:This is Bloodhound SSC. It's going to be the fastest ... and used to fly Phantom jets like these. We wanted to know what fighter pilot skills he'll need to drive Bloodhound.

In a previous run in the Thrust SSC days ... rocket is the hardest part: the Bloodhound team is using a V8 from a Jaguar just to pump it into the rockets. The jet engine, a Rolls-Royce EJ200 ...

They visit a racing track to find out about the design of cars, observe a junior water-skiing champion to find out how boat design influences Bloodhound. They also meet the RAF fighter pilot who ...

The folks behind the Bloodhound SSC project have been working toward reaching ... the Bloodhound packs the same jet engine found in the Eurofighter Typhoon and a rocket to produce a combined ...