Bloodhound supersonic land speed car set for Newquay

Aidan Rennie-Jones
Embargoed to 2000 Monday June 12 Handout picture from Flock London of the Bloodhound supersonic car. The Bloodhound 1,000mph supersonic racing car will be driven for the first time in Cornwall this October - 20 years after the current record of 763mph was set.
Embargoed to 2000 Monday June 12 Handout picture from Flock London of the Bloodhound supersonic car. The Bloodhound 1,000mph supersonic racing car will be driven for the first time in Cornwall this October - 20 years after the current record of 763mph was set.

The Bloodhound supersonic will travel to Newquay airport in Cornwall for a series of 'low speed' tests before it competes for the land speed record in South Africa next year.

The supersonic machine is aiming for speeds of up to 1,000mph, although it isn't expected to reach anywhere near this sort of speed in Newquay.

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