History of the land-speed record

Britain has unveiled a car aiming to reach 1000mph. Here is how the land-speed record has evolved.

HISTORY OF THE LAND-SPEED RECORD:

1898 - 63.15km/h - Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat.

1899 - 105.882km/h - Belgian Camille Jenatzy breaks 100km/h barrier.

1924 - 235.22km/h - Malcolm Campbell's first record.

1935 - 484.6km/h - Malcolm Campbell's ninth and final record.

1947 - 634.397km/h - John Cobb. He is killed during an attempt in 1952.

1964 - 644.96km/h - Campbell's son Donald in Bluebird on Lake Eyre. He is killed during water speed attempt in UK in 1967.

1965 - 955.95km/h - Craig Breedlove.

1970 - 1014.656km/h - Gary Gabelich.

1983 - 1010.406km/h - Richard Noble.

1997 - 1227.98lkm/h - Andy Green sets first supersonic record in ThrustSSC at Black Rock Desert, Nevada.