Ron Toomer (born 31 May 1930) was one of the prominent roller coaster designers in the world. He graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was on the design team for the heat shield on the Apollo spacecraft. When he joined Arrow Dynamics, he was hired to work on the first all-steel roller coaster, Runaway Mine Ride train. He worked for the firm for many years before becoming its president in 1986.
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- Ron Toomer (born 31 May 1930) was one of the prominent roller coaster designers in the world. He graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was on the design team for the heat shield on the Apollo spacecraft. When he joined Arrow Dynamics, he was hired to work on the first all-steel roller coaster, Runaway Mine Ride train. He worked for the firm for many years before becoming its president in 1986. Toomer is responsible for designing the Magnum XL 200 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, the Desperado in Primm, Nevada, and Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, among many others. It has been noted that Toomer never actually rides any of the roller coasters he designs, having had a motion sickness problem since childhood. Ron Toomer retired from his job 2000, two years before Arrow Dynamics' bankruptcy, before it was acquired by S&S Power.
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- Ron Toomer (born 31 May 1930) was one of the prominent roller coaster designers in the world. He graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was on the design team for the heat shield on the Apollo spacecraft. When he joined Arrow Dynamics, he was hired to work on the first all-steel roller coaster, Runaway Mine Ride train. He worked for the firm for many years before becoming its president in 1986.
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