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{{Short description|English engineer (1932–2024)}}
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'''Ronald Frederick Ayers''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (11 April 1932 – 29 May 2024) was an English engineer who was responsible for the [[aerodynamic]]s of the [[land speed record]]-holding vehicles, [[ThrustSSC]] and [[JCB Dieselmax]], and was Chief Aerodynamicist for the [[Bloodhound SSC]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/26/supersonic-bloodhound-car-200mph-tests-ahead-land-speed-record/|title=Supersonic Bloodhound car in 200mph tests ahead of land speed record attempt|last=Sawer|first=Patrick|date=2017-10-26|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-11-13|last2=Sabur|first2=Rozina|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|last3=Farrington|first3=Karen}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Pat Malone|title=Me and My Motor: Ron Ayers, the supersonic car designer behind Bloodhound SSC|url=https://www.driving.co.uk/news/interview/motor-ron-ayers-supersonic-car-designer-behind-bloodhound-ssc/|website=driving.co.uk|publisher=Sunday Times Driving Limited|accessdate=17 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517094120/https://www.driving.co.uk/news/interview/motor-ron-ayers-supersonic-car-designer-behind-bloodhound-ssc/|archivedate=17 May 2018|date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
==Background==
Born in [[Westminster]], [[London]], England,
Ayers
==Land speed records==▼
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Ayers died on 29 May 2024, at the age of 92.<ref name="obit"/>
His involvement in the land speed record-breaking attempt came about entirely accidentally, through a chance meeting with [[Richard Noble]] in the offices of [[Ken Norris (designer)|Ken Norris]], the designer behind [[Donald Campbell]]'s record-breaking ''[[Bluebird CN7]]''. 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]].▼
▲==Land speed records==
▲In retirement, while working as a volunteer at [[Brooklands|Brooklands Museum]], Ayers found research papers from pre-World War II record-breaking attempts, and it sparked his interest in record-breaking.<ref name=":1" /> His involvement in the land speed record-breaking attempt came about
Ayers was responsible for the design of the [[JCB Dieselmax]] which smashed the World Speed Record for diesel cars on 23 August 2006, clocking 350 mph.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/retirement-isn-t-a-patch-on-designing-a-supersonic-car-says-bloodhound-engineer-ron-ayers-v0shpgck5|title=Retirement isn't a patch on designing a supersonic car, says Bloodhound engineer Ron Ayers|last=Bannerman|first=Lucy|date=2017-10-28|work=The Times|access-date=2017-11-13|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He was heavily involved in the design of the current land speed record attempt vehicle, the [[Bloodhound SSC]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="BBC News 2017">{{cite web | title=The 85-year-old behind the 1,000mph car | publisher=BBC News | date=20 October 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-41698466/the-85-year-old-rocket-scientist-behind-the-1000mph-car | access-date=22 October 2017}}</ref>
▲Ayers is a [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|Chartered Engineer]] and a member of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]]. He has one adult son. When not working on land speed record vehicles, Ayers enjoys making [[stained glass window]]s and playing [[bridge (card game)|bridge]] and [[golf]].
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*[http://www.andrewgraves.biz/ssc_stuff/RonAyers.htm Interview with Ron Ayers]
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