Bloodhound SSC team successfully test 1,000mph land speed car’s rocket

A British team building a car capable of driving at land speed world record-breaking speeds today successfully tested the vehicle's rocket engine inside a shelter at Newquay Airport in Cornwall. The event marked the most important milestone yet in the development of the 1,000mph Bloodhound SSC vehicle ahead of the team's attempt at the land speed record in two years' time. Capable of producing 27,000lbf of peak thrust (122kN), at four meters (12 feet) long, 45.7 cm (18 inches) in diameter and weighing 400 kg, the Falcon rocket is the largest hybrid ever designed in Europe and the largest rocket to have been tested in the UK for 20 years.