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Britain's Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier in a car, sets hydrogen speed record using JCB tractor engines

The former Royal Air Force fighter pilot reached 406.320mph (653.908kph) in JCB's 1,600bhp Hydromax streamliner less than two weeks after celebrating his 64th birthday.

Britain's Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier in a car, sets hydrogen speed record using JCB tractor engines

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