As I recall the chap who was chief aerodynamicist on the Bloodhound missile went on to perform the same job for Thrust SSC, so maybe the new car is named is his honour? Just a thought, no evidence to back it up!
Ron Ayres being the man and Bristol being the home of the missile and of this project. Your guess is correct.
There will be a few RAF personnel involved in this project, I would wager (if it survives the recession), not just Wg Cdr Green.
Good luck to them all.
As for the comment about driving at transonic to supersonic speed at zero feet, Andy Green, has as you may or may not be aware, only driven a car at that speed 4 times offically and a couple more times untimed. He is slighty more qualified than anybody else!