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Old 16-10-2012, 12:47 AM
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.. and today in the US, where it is still the 15th October, it is the 15th anniversary
of when Wing Commander Andy Green, a British Royal Air Force pilot, became the
first person to break the sound barrier on land in 1997.

The record took place 50 years and 1 day after Yeager's first supersonic flight.

Green used a jet propelled vehicle called ThrustSSC and reached a speed of 1149 km/h.

You can read more about Andy Green here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Green

and about ThrustSSC here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrustSSC

Here is a short video showing ThrustSCC in action -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mgO1M3gyfI
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