First supersonic car
- 纪录保持者
- Thrust SSC, Andy Green
- 纪录成绩
- 1.02 mach
- 地点
- United States (Black Rock Desert)
- 打破时间
- 15 October 1997
The first car to break the sound barrier was Thrust SSC, driven by Andy Green (UK). On 15 October 1997, the jet-powered car achieved a two-way average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph). This works out to Mach 1.02 after accounting for the atmospheric conditions at the test site in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA.
In several of the pictures of Andy Green's record-breaking run (which also set the land-speed record) there are clearly visible distortions extending outwards from the car. These distortions, called "Schlieren", are caused by supersonic shockwaves.