Английская Википедия:Andy Green (RAF officer)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Wing Commander Andrew Duncan Green Шаблон:Post-nominals[1] is a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot and world land speed record holder since 1997, the first land speed record to break the sound barrier.
Early life
He was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. Green's family moved to Hartlepool in the 1970s when his father was appointed station manager for the local fire brigade.[2] Green originally attended High Tunstall School before moving to Marske-by-the-Sea and beginning study at Bydales Comprehensive School. Green later moved to Kent with his family, where he studied at St. Olave's Grammar School in Orpington. While at a car show in Hartlepool at a young age, Green decided that he would be interested in a career within the military.[2]
RAF career
Green gained an RAF scholarship to Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1983 with first class honours in mathematics.[3] Later that year Green was promoted from acting Pilot Officer to substantive Pilot Officer in the RAF.[4] He qualified as a fighter pilot on F-4 Phantom and Tornado F3 aircraft. In 2003 Green was promoted to Wing Commander.[5] He later became Officer Commanding Operations Wing at RAF Wittering near Peterborough. Green was the captain of the RAF team at the Cresta Run,[6] where he used an experimental French toboggan.
In his capacity as an RAF officer, he has served in East Germany, Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan.[7]
Speed records
Supersonic
Green is the current holder of the world land speed record, and the first person to break the sound barrier on land. On 25 September 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, US, reaching a speed of Шаблон:Convert. On 15 October 1997, 50 years and 1 day after the sound barrier was broken in aerial flight by Chuck Yeager, Green reached Шаблон:Convert, the first supersonic record (Mach 1.016). His call sign was "Dead Dog". As the vehicle crossed the speed of sound it created a sonic boom.
Green is now working on a new record attempt to break the Шаблон:Convert mark with Bloodhound LSR.[8]
Road car
His next land speed attempt was intended to be for MG in a specially modified MG F called the MG EX255;[9][10] however, due to the time required for modifications, the project did not finish on time and that attempt never happened.
Diesel power
Since then, Green's most recent challenge was the driving of the JCB Dieselmax car, attempting to take the Diesel Land Speed Record over Шаблон:Convert. Having tested the vehicle on his own RAF base, Wittering, on 22 August 2006, he broke the previous record of Шаблон:Convert (set in August 1973), after attaining an average speed of Шаблон:Convert during two runs on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Twenty four hours later, Green broke his own record, achieving a speed of Шаблон:Convert on 23 August 2006.
Honours and awards
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours.[11] He was awarded the Segrave Trophy by the Royal Automobile Club in 1997. In 2006 he was awarded the John Cobb Trophy by the British Racing Drivers' Club for "a success of outstanding character"[12] and an Honorary degree from Staffordshire University in July 2008.
Racing experience
On 14 June 2009 Green gained his first circuit racing experience, whilst raising money for the Bloodhound SSC project, by participating in Round 4 of the Elise Trophy at Snetterton.[13]
See also
References
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