Ron Ayers
Ronald Ayers
Early life and career
Born in
Bloodhound surface-to-air missile.[3]
Ayers is a
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to engineering.[4]
Land speed records
In retirement, while working as a volunteer at
Bluebird CN7.[5] Through a combination of rocket sled testing at Pendine Sands and extensive computational fluid dynamics testing, Ayers was able to develop and refine a shape which would eventually go on to break the sound barrier.[5]
Ayers was responsible for the design of the
Footnotes
- ^ ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Pat Malone (29 January 2018). "Me and My Motor: Ron Ayers, the supersonic car designer behind Bloodhound SSC". driving.co.uk. Sunday Times Driving Limited. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Ron Ayers". BLOODHOUND SSC. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 15.
- ^ a b "ThrustSSC – The fastest car in the world". roadsters.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "The 85-year-old behind the 1,000mph car". BBC News. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.