Wing CommanderAndy GreenOBE (born 1962), a BritishRAFpilot, is the current holder of the land speed record and the first person to break the sound barrier on land. On September 25, 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of 714.144 mph (1149.30 km/h). On October 15, he reached 763.035 mph (1227.99 km/h), the first supersonic record (Mach 1.016). Wing Commander (rank) is a rank in the Royal Air Force, equivalent to a Lieutenant Colonel in most Armies, the Royal Marines and the United States Marine Corps. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... An aviator is a person who flies aircraft for pleasure or as a profession. ... 1970 land speed record being set at Bonneville Salt Flats by Gary Gabelich Land Speed Records from 1898 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Supersonic. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ThrustSSC at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA. The ThrustSSC is built with highly protected aluminium wheels The team with ThrustSSC. ThrustSSC (SuperSonic Car) is a British designed and built jet propelled car developed by Richard Noble and Ron Ayers, which holds the world land speed record. ... The Black Rock Desert is a dry lake bed in northwestern Nevada in the United States. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sound barrier. ...
Andy Green's next challenge is the driving of the JCB Dieselmax car, attempting to take the Diesel Land Speed Record over 300 mph. JCB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: J. C. Bamford, a British manufacturer of heavy industrial vehicles whose JCB initials have become a generic name for wheeled mechanical excavators. ... 1970 land speed record being set at Bonneville Salt Flats by Gary Gabelich Land Speed Records from 1898 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ...
Wing Commander AndyGreenOBE (born 1962), a British RAFpilot, is the current holder of the land speed record and the first person to break the sound barrier on land.
On September 25, 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of 714.144 mph (1149.30 km/h).
AndyGreen's next challenge is the driving of the JCB Dieselmax car, attempting to take the Diesel Land Speed Record over 300 mph.
His main areas of interest are, non-point source contamination of surface waters (both nutrient contamination resulting from agriculture and pollution resulting from urban runoff), ecological monitoring of environmental quality (particularly the use of macro-invertebrate communities to monitor changes in water quality), and the impact of vegetation on soil hydrology.
Andy previously worked at Cranfield University, on the EU funded MEDALUS (MEditerranean Desertification And Land USe) project, assessing the impact of root morphology on the hydraulic properties of soils.
Edwards, G.M., Green, A., Quinton, J.N. and Morgan, R.P.C. The influence of rooting density and root morphology on saturated hydraulic conductivity.
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