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Bloodhound to carry out public testing
Having been constructed in Bristol, the world’s most advanced straight-line racing car will be driven for the first time this autumn in Cornwall.
The Bloodhound SSC hopes to break the world land speed record by going faster than 1000mph.
But first it will be driven for the first time at Cornwall Airport in Newquay in October, 20 years after the current world record of 763.035 mph was set.
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The project was originally based next to the ss Great Britain and construction of the car has been taking place in Avonmouth.
The runway trials will mark the culmination of a month of tests to prove the car’s steering, brakes, suspension, data systems and more, as well as the EJ200 jet engine sourced from a Eurofighter Typhoon.
Bloodhound SSC project director Richard Noble said: “The runway trials at Cornwall Airport Newquay will be the biggest milestone in the history of the project so far.
“They will provide important data on the performance of the car and give us a first opportunity to rehearse the procedures we’ll use when we go record breaking.”
Visit www.bloodhoundssc.yourticketbooking.com/events for more information and to buy tickets for the public trials
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