Jessi Combs became the fastest woman on Earth at 522 mph in a North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger, a 52,000-hp jet car that appeared like it could break the land speed record ...

“I treat Bloodhound as a very low-flying airplane,” says Ron Ayers, the chief aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project—a Mach-busting car designed to exceed 800 mph.