Swedish hypercar brand Koenigsegg is no stranger to breaking records. In 2005, Koenigsegg briefly dethroned McLaren for the ...

With a gust in Hurricane Melissa setting a record for peak gust measured by a specialized instrument dropped into the eye of a hurricane – 252 mph – you might be wondering what the fastest wind speeds ...

Today's conditions were very far from the ideal weather that enabled the Mach 0.98 750mph (untimed/unverified) on October 7th. High ESE winds of 20-35 mph raised dust-storms all day and at times ...

Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...

NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. – The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green, a former Wing Commander with the British Royal Air Force, drove the ThrustSSC through the ...

Humanity has been obsessed with speed since far before the automobile. If it moved, people wanted to see how fast it could go, whether by horsepower, wind power, or just plain old-fashioned ambulation ...

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news. The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green ...

There were never any problems with ThrustSSC just opportunities. The first came with the completion of the Thrust2 project, and the achievement of the first British World Land Speed Record since ...