eering through a windscreen no wider than a letterbox RAF Wing Commander Andy Green puts his foot down and goes from nought to 210 mph over 1.7 miles, in less time than it takes the average person to walk 10 yards.

Eight seconds later it’s all over, the first test run carried out by Bloodhound SSC in front of the public successfully completed.

Within a few minutes the 14.65 yards long (13.4 metres) supersonic car sets off again down the runway at Newquay Airport, in Cornwall, flames shooting out of its exhaust engine as it once more reaches 200 mph.

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