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Another month and another Audi is launched. You’d think its relentless pursuit of sales and market share would compromise the product, but Audi’s strategy is the very antithesis of the…
Parting shot: Thrust SSC breaks the sound barrier
October 15, 1997. Nevada, US
Buzzard’s eye view of ThrustSSC covering one mile every four seconds on its way to the Land Speed Record at Black Rock Desert, 25 years ago this month. Driven by RAF pilot Andy Green and powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofans, SSC attained 763mph over a mile. The record stands to this day. The picture was taken by extreme microlight pilot Richard Meredith Hardy, who has held the world microlight speed record.
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