Royal Aircraft Establishment
5 aircraft types.
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.
- Founded
- 1892
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Aircraft types
B.E.2a
reconnaissance aircraft, initial production version of the B.E.2
British Army Aeroplane No 1
experimental aircraft, first to fly more than one mile in Europe
First flight 1908
R.E.5
1914 reconnaissance aircraft by the Royal Aircraft Factory
First flight 1914
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8
utility aircraft
First flight 1913
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
British experimental reconnaissance aircraft