Bloodhound racer cockpit unveiled in Bristol

The team behind a supersonic car, which aims to be the first to reach a thousand miles an hour, showed off the new cockpit today. The Bloodhound is being assembled in a factory near Bristol, from where Bob Constantine reports.

The cockpit of a supersonic car capable of reaching one thousand miles-an-hour has been unveiled in Bristol.

The team behind the car, called Bloodhound, are hoping it will break the world land speed record in South Africa next year.. The cockpit was designed and manufactured in Avonmouth - and took more than ten thousand hours to complete.

The pilot of the Bloodhound, Andy Green, spent some time talking Bob Constantine through how it works.

The Bloodhound SSC, or supersonic car, has been built in the UK by a team of Formula 1 and aerospace experts.

The team behind the car claim the project aims to inspire kids about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths by reaching 1,000 mph.

The Bloodhound team are hoping the car will break the land speed record. The cockpit has been described as driver Andy Green's 'one thousand mile-an-hour office'.

The video below show's how the car which has been partially constructed in Avonmouth works.

Video credit: The Bloodhound Project.

The cockpit of the Bloodhound, a one thousand mile-an-hour Land Speed Racing car, is being unveiled in Bristol today. The carbon fibre cockpit took over 10,000 hours to design and manufacture at the technical centre in Avonmouth.

The Bloodhound team are hoping the car will break the land speed record. The cockpit has been described as driver Andy Green's 'one thousand mile-an-hour office'.