North American Eagle Project

The North American Eagle Project was a jet powered car that was intended to challenge the 763 mph (1,228 km/h) (Mach 1.02) land speed record set by the ThrustSSC in 1997.

[1] In a land speed record attempt on August 27, 2019, the North American Eagle crashed, killing driver Jessi Combs.

[8] The vehicle failing to stop has been suggested as a factor in the crash of the North American Eagle in an August 2019 land-speed record run.

[11] In doing so, she broke the 48-year-old women's land speed record, a 308.506 mph (496.492 km/h) run average set by Lee Breedlove in Spirit of America - Sonic 1 in 1965.

[citation needed] On August 27, 2019, the North American Eagle crashed during a land speed record attempt, killing driver Jessi Combs.

The investigation revealed that the front wheel assembly of the car collapsed, likely due to collision damage from hitting something on the track.