The story of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, forerunner
of the World’s premier aeronautical research establishment
wherein were designed a diversity of aircraft including many of
those that equipped the RFC, RNAS and RAF during the First World
War. Originally established to build observation balloons for the
Victorian British Army, the Factory later expanded to employ over
3500 people by mid-1916, at which time it became the subject of a
political controversy that ended in a judicial enquiry. In 1918 its
title was changed to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, not only to
avoid a clash of initials with the newly formed Royal Air Force but
to better define its changing role. Each of the many designs for
airships and aeroplanes that were produced by the Factory between
1908 and 1918 is described in detail, illustrated by photographs,
and with three-view drawings provided for the more prominent
designs.
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