Royal Aircraft Establishment
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The Royal Aircraft Establishment was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence, before f
Royal Aircraft Factory (RAF) c.1915
Royal Aircraft Factory B.S.1 in 1913
The first five Superintendents at Farnborough
A model of the Miles M.52 undergoing supersonic wind tunnel testing at the RAE circa 1946
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
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The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 is a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane, designed and developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. Most of the roughly 3,500 built were constructed under contr
Royal Aircraft Establishment
…of F.E.2b's that experimentally reversed the seating positions of the pilot and the observer. The B.E.1 was basically the prototype for the early B.E.2 but the B.E.2c was almost a completely new aeroplane, with very little common with the earlier B.E.2 types apart from engine and fuselage. On the other…
B.E.2c
B.E.1., originally captioned 'The Silent Army Aeroplane'. Note radiator between cabane struts.
Early production B.E.2a lacking decking between cockpits and with unequal span wings
B.E.2a in France in 1915 with Union Jack national insignia used before roundels became standard