Although traveling faster than sound is now routine for the fastest military aircraft, it's been achieved three times before on land, by another British jet car called Thrust SSC 22 years ago.

The highest speed ever achieved by a car on land, the Thrust SSC, is 763.035 mph (1,227.9 kph), and was set in 1997.

The Thrust SSC is not competing in races right now. However, the public can witness the record-breaking car in Coventry, England, at the Coventry Transport Museum, where it is on display.

Ron Ayers, the man behind the world's fastest car, the Thrust SSC, passed away at the age of 92. His vehicle was designed to hit supersonic speeds and break records, and it did just that in 1997.

Thrust SSC (Image credit: Vauxford) The only car ever to go faster than the speed of sound is Thrust SSC, which set the existing land speed record of 763 mph (1,228 km/h) in Nevada in 1997.

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