10 years ago today, a car went boom in the desert

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Old 10-15-2007, 10:59 AM
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10 years ago today, a car went boom in the desert

Hard to believe it's been a decade since man first went supersonic on the ground.

October 15, 1997: Thrust SSC 763.035 mph over the flying mile.
For perspective, that's 1,119 feet per second!





Ground level flyby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETX71UsiPds

View from the air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtszDGW0eKQ

Onboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr0KdxhYgfY
Old 10-15-2007, 11:04 AM
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We like the cars, the cars that go BOOM!
Old 10-15-2007, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by laidback93
We like the cars, the cars that go BOOM!
yes. hellbent.

but yeah its amazing its been that long. And now there is not even a commercial plane that goes supersonic.
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