An Australian member of Emirates Team New Zealand is to have a crack at the world wind-powered land speed record.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5HCf5W83mQ&t=20s (video of the team meeting and 'in construction' phase)



The current record is 126.1 mph by Richard Jenkins (British engineer) in 'Greenbird', set at Ivanpah Lake, California, USA on March 26th 2009.