Back in 2008 an initiative was started with the remit of snaring a new generation of manufacturing talent and enthusiasm. Today that project has matured into an engineering venture which is changing the way engineers think about land travel, embracing a network of manufacturers which might never otherwise have crossed paths and enthralling schoolchildren around the globe. Jane Gray talks to participants in the record breaking Bloodhound project.
The Bloodhound project to build a supersonic car that will reach speeds of 1,000 miles per hour has been running since 2008. It sprang off the first successful attempt at breaking the sound barrier in a land vehicle back in 1997, but Bloodhound is more than just an engineering project or record breaking mission. The…
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