The jet-propelled Bloodhound SuperSonic Car aims to be the first car to hit 1,000 mph . It will take off from a runway at Whitehorse Airport in Yukon Territory and fly for about two minutes before returning safely back down again. The team plans to try in 2016 at Hakskeen Pan , in Northern Cape , South Africa . Driver Andy Green already holds the world land speed record of 763 mph , set in 1997 .
The jet-propelled Bloodhound SuperSonic Car aims to be the first car to hit 1,000 mph . Rocket boosters , engineers say , will push car through the sound barrier to world record . The team plans to try in 2016 at Hakskeen Pan , in Northern Cape , South Africa . Driver Andy Green already holds the world land speed record of 763 mph , set in 1997 .