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unusual facts about Pendine Sands


Ron Ayers

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.


St Clears

The exhibition contains some photographs of famous people including the aviator Amy Johnson, World War I flying ace Wing Commander Ira Jones, and racing drivers Sir Malcolm Campbell and J. G. Parry-Thomas, who both attempted world land speed records at Pendine Sands.


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