Changes To RAE
After the end of the First World War design and development of aircraft types ended – although work continued on general research, and the development of missiles.
In 1930 the RAE developed the Robot Air Pilot, an autopilot that used a gyro and flight controls that functioned by compressed air.
During the Second World War the RAE worked on engine problems at Farnborough. It was here that Beatrice Shilling invented the Miss Shilling's orifice for RAF's Hurricane and Spitfire fighters during the Battle of Britain.
Aircraft that were developed or tested at the RAE included the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and Concorde.
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