Royal Aircraft Establishment

The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) 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 (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.

The first site was at Farnborough Airfield ("RAE Farnborough") in Hampshire to which was added a second site RAE Bedford (Bedfordshire) in 1946.

In 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

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The Collection 

The Collection

The Collection include Displays, Air Data Computers, Inertial Navigation Units, Flight Controls & Instruments, Circuit Modules, Sticks & Throttles & a miscellany of Company memorabilia.

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Media Archive 

Media Archive

This Media Archive offers newspapers, films and videos.

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Document Archive 

Document Archive

This Archive contains documents in general associated with the history, products & activities of the Rochester site. It also holds items of general interest about the technologies used within the Company & the platforms the products were used on.

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Picture Archive 

Picture Archive

This archive contains the collection of Framed Pictures Negatives and 35mm Slides. There are too many Negatives and Slides to list at this stage.

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