Driver who broke the sound barrier to attempt another land speed record in Utah
Andy Green after breaking the land speed record for diesel powered vehicles in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 22 August 2006. Photograph: Richard Meredith-Hardy/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenAndy Green after breaking the land speed record for diesel powered vehicles in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 22 August 2006. Green will return to the lunarlike landscape Tuesday and try to beat that mark, this time with a hydrogen-powered car.The retired Royal Air Force fighter pilot aims not only to win another accolade but to showcase the power of hydrogen as a clean-energy alternative.
- ▪Andy Green after breaking the land speed record for diesel powered vehicles in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 22 August 2006.
- ▪Photograph: Richard Meredith-Hardy/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenAndy Green after breaking the land speed record for diesel powered vehicles in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 22 August 2006.
- ▪Green will return to the lunarlike landscape Tuesday and try to beat that mark, this time with a hydrogen-powered car.The retired Royal Air Force fighter pilot aims not only to win another accolade but to showcase the power of hydrogen as a
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Andy Green after breaking the land speed record for diesel powered vehicles in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 22 August 2006. Photograph: Richard Meredith-Hardy/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenAndy Green after breaking the land speed record for diesel powered vehicles in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 22 August 2006. Photograph: Richard Meredith-Hardy/ShutterstockUtahDriver who broke the sound barrier to attempt another land speed record in UtahBritish driver Andy Green will try to beat his own record, set 20 years ago, with a hydrogen-powered carAssociated PressTue 11 Aug 2026 08.17 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe first – and only – person to break the sound barrier in a car hits the track in Utah this week with new wheels and his eye on another record.Twenty years ago,…
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