The B.S.1 of 1913 was a one-off anomaly, combining both systems: Blériot (tractor) Scout (fighter).

The hero of Nevil Shute's 1948 novel No Highway is an eccentric " boffin" at Farnborough who predicts metal fatigue in the United Kingdom's new airliner, the fictional "Rutland Reindeer". The Comets failed for just this reason in 1954, although in the case of the Comet I the problem was in the metal structure around the navigation windows, while the point of failure in the Reindeer aircraft was in the structure of the rear empennage/fuselage joints. A film version of the novel, No Highway in the Sky, appeared in 1951, starring James Stewart as the protagonist. Stewart prepared for the role by shadowing Fred Jones OBE, a co-founder of the RAE Accident Section. Jones later was head of Structures Section (formerly Airworthiness Section) from 1957 to 1980. the command of Major Alexander Bannerman. This consisted of two Companies, No 1 taking over the role of Some aviation historians continue to perpetuate the resulting belittling of the important experimental work of the Factory during this period, and the exaggeration of the failings of Factory production types, several of which were described in sensationally derogatory terms. [18] Monumental artworks and fourteen international artists have come together to create an extraordinary inflatable experience! Balloon Museum presents: Let’s Fly at Pier 36 in New York, an original concept featuring works from the most inflated to the most colorful.Colonel Templer and the birth of aviation at Farnborough, May 2007, Royal Aeronautical Society, p13

Kubicek are the only Hot air Balloon manufacturer to produce its own fabric which is specifically designed for Hot air Balloons enabling us to build balloons which lasts considerably longer than other types of fabric available. National Gas Turbine Establishment, a branch of the RAE used for design and testing of gas turbine engines Its first new designer was Geoffrey de Havilland who later founded his own company. Later colleagues included John Kenworthy who became chief engineer and designer at the Austin Motor Company in 1918 and who went on to found the Redwing Aircraft Co in 1930 ( Flight International) and Henry Folland – later chief designer at Gloster Aircraft Company, and founder of his own company Folland Aircraft. One of the designers in the engine department was Samuel Heron, who later went on to invent the sodium-filled poppet valve, instrumental in achieving greater power levels from piston engines. [5] While at the RAF, Heron designed a radial engine that he was not able to build during his time there, however upon leaving the RAF he then went to Siddeley-Deasy where the design, the RAF.8, was developed as the Jaguar. [6] Heron later moved to the United States where he worked on the design of the Wright Whirlwind. [7]

On 1 May 1988 it was renamed the Royal Aerospace Establishment ( RAE) before merging with other research entities to become part of the new Defence Research Agency in 1991. felt that it should assume its traditional responsibility for home defence. This was duly returned to it on 10 th February 1916. After the Cuxhaven Raid of 1914, the next major event for the RNAS came In 1909 Army work on aeroplanes ceased and the Factory was brought under civilian control. Capper was replaced as Superintendent by Mervyn O'Gorman. [1] In 1912 the Balloon Factory was renamed the Royal Aircraft Factory ( RAF). [4] 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 hand, the B.E.3 to the B.E.7 were all effectively working prototypes for the B.E.8 and were all very similar in design, with progressive minor modifications of the kind that many aircraft undergo during a production run. The B.E.8a was at least as different from the B.E.8 as the B.E.7 was.