  wing commander andy d. green obe ba raf (born 30 july 1962)andy green, uk, 1st to break sound barrier on land brainyhistory is a british royal air force fighter pilot and world land speed record holder. ==raf career== born in atherstone, warwickshire, green was educated at st olave's grammar school in orpington, kent, and then gained an raf scholarship to worcester college, oxford, where he graduated in 1983 with first class honours in mathematics.oxford university gazette, 6 november 1997 later that year green was regraded from acting pilot officer to pilot officer in the raf. he qualified as a fighter pilot on f-4 phantom and tornado f3 aircraft. in 2003 green was promoted to wing commander. he later became officer commanding operations wing at raf wittering near peterborough. green is also the captain of the raf team at the cresta run,"raf seizes victory on ice - friday 30 january 2009" where he uses an experimental french toboggan. ==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, usa, reaching a speed of . on october 15, 1997, 50&nbsp;years and 1 day after the sound barrier was broken in aerial flight by chuck yeager, green reached , the first supersonic record (mach 1.016). his call sign was "dead dog". green is now working with richard noble again on their new record attempt to break the  mark with bloodhound ssc. ===road car=== his next land speed attempt was intended to be for mg in a specially modified mg f called the mg ex255,[http://www.mgf.ultimatemg.com/group1/mgf_concepts/extreme.htm "experim
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