English assassin
10-24-2008, 16:49
but only in a way that implies no offence to other nationalities. :clown:
Ladies and gentlemen, the year's most awesome news story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/23/motoring-land-speed-record
British engineers have unveiled plans for the world's first 1,000mph car, a muscular streak of gunmetal and orange designed not to break the world land speed record but to shatter it.
Bloodhound SSC, named after the British cold war supersonic air defence missiles, will attempt to beat the existing record by more than 250mph
Absolutely first class. British boffins doing what they do best, ie, toiling away in sheds and inventing mad things.
Everything about this story pushes my buttons. Whoever first decided to build a car with not only a jet engine from a Typhoon fighter, but also with a rocket strapped on for good measure, deserves a Nobel prize. And you have to love Wing Commander Andy Green (clearly a few cans short of a six pack, but I salute him) describing doing 1000 mph while strapped right in front of a jet engine as "acoustically quite challenging".
Ladies and gentlemen, the year's most awesome news story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/23/motoring-land-speed-record
British engineers have unveiled plans for the world's first 1,000mph car, a muscular streak of gunmetal and orange designed not to break the world land speed record but to shatter it.
Bloodhound SSC, named after the British cold war supersonic air defence missiles, will attempt to beat the existing record by more than 250mph
Absolutely first class. British boffins doing what they do best, ie, toiling away in sheds and inventing mad things.
Everything about this story pushes my buttons. Whoever first decided to build a car with not only a jet engine from a Typhoon fighter, but also with a rocket strapped on for good measure, deserves a Nobel prize. And you have to love Wing Commander Andy Green (clearly a few cans short of a six pack, but I salute him) describing doing 1000 mph while strapped right in front of a jet engine as "acoustically quite challenging".