Royal aircraft establishment

Royal Aircraft Establishment: The Government aeronautical research station founded at South Farnborough, Hampshire, to succeed the Royal Aircraft Factory in 1918.

RAE - Royal Aircraft Establishment, formerly Royal Aircraft Factory.

RAF - (I) Royal Air Force, or (II) Royal Aircraft Factory.

Work on waverider then moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), where it continued as a research program into high-speed (Mach 4 to 7) civilian airliners.

See also: Aircraft, Flight, Force, Power, Service