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It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of John Ackroyd (Ackers to most people) in the UK. John was an extraordinary design engineer. He has been an inspiration to our project and one of the cleverest design engineers you would ever wish to meet.

Ackers was introduced to me many years ago, soon after Richard Noble had set the WLSR at 633 mph for Britain in 1983. I contacted Richard to applaud him and his mighty team for their brilliant effort. After Richard’s introduction a lifetime friendship evolved, with Ackers taking on a mammoth workload with engineering calculations, drawings and suggestions on a daily basis for many years. John was a truly remarkable man and one in a million.

Ackers has played a key part in the concept and design of many aspects of Aussie Invader 5R, including our 1,000 mph wheels, and his knowledge of Land Speed Record successes and failures and the quest to discover the reasons behind both, made him such a valued asset and friend to our team.

Thank you “Ackers” for all you did for us and we pass on our condolences to his family and other friends. RIP John.