World's Fastest Car: Supersonic Bloodhound Car
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A supersonic racing car designed to run at a speeds of 1,600mph is to be tested for the first time on Wednesday at cornwell airport runway.
Wing Commander Andy Green, who set the current record in the Thrust SSC in October 1997, will also be behind the wheel of the latest speed demon.
The car, which has been assembled at Avonmouth near Bristol, will hit speeds of 200mph along Cornwall Airport Newquay's 1.7 mile-long runway, on October 26.
It will first undergo several days of tests to check the vehicle's bespoke air intake, fuel and electrical systems.
Richard Noble, project director at Bloodhound SSC, 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."
During the tests, the car will be powered by the jet engine and use wheels with pneumatic tyres from an English Electric Lightning fighter aircraft.
Bloodhound will then head to a desert venue in South Africa, where it is expected to reach 1,000 mph in 2018, covering a mile in just 3.6 seconds at full speed.
For the 1,000mph runs, Bloodhound will be fitted with three hybrid rockets which, when combined with the EJ200 engine, will produce 135,000 thrust horsepower.