Royal Aircraft Factory Aircraft

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.1 1911 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1 1911 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 1912 read more ... Follow-up to the B.E.2 powered by a 60kW Gnome rotary engine. Small numbers served as ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8 1913 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.3 1913 Located at Farnborough and engaged primarily in aeronautical research, the Royal Aircraft Factory (so named in April ... read more ... The S.E.2 was a rebuild of the unarmed B.S.1, which was designed at Farnborough by Geoffrey ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 1913 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.6 1914 Of similar construction to the F.E.3, the F.E.6 was built in 1914 and was powered by ... read more ... Second of the Farnborough designs to bear a "Bleriot Experimental" designation as a general-purpose tractor biplane, the ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c 1914 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a 1914 Designed at Farnborough by H P Folland at the end of 1914, the S.E.4a was one ... read more ... Sharing little more than its configuration with the F.E.2 flown at Farnborough in 1913, the F.E.2a ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2a & F.E.2b 1915 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 1915 Evolved at Farnborough during 1915 as a marriage of the B.E.2c airframe with the then-new ... read more ... Designed under the direction of John Kenworthy, the F.E.8 was the first single-seat fighter evolved as ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 1915 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5 1915 The R.E. designation indicated 'Reconnaissance Experimental' and the R.E.5, only 24 of which were built for ... read more ... Known as the 'Harry Tate', the R.E.8 looked a little like a scaled-up B.E.2. During ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 1916 Second only to the Sopwith Camel in reputation as the RFC's outstanding fighter of World War ... read more ... Used mainly by the RFC during 1916, the R.E.7 was a two-seat (later occasionally three-seat) ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e 1916 First flown in February 1916 and destined to be built in larger numbers than the read more ... On 7 April 1916, a version of the F.E.2b was flown at the RAF Farnborough, fitted ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a 1916 With the B.E.12 established in production in 1916, based on the B.E.2c airframe with its equi-span ... read more ... Among the 12 F.E.2a's sent to France in 1915, where they were flown by No 6 ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2c 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12b 1917 In an attempt to improve the performance of the B.E.12, primarily for the benefit of ... read more ... The third prototype of the S.E.5 flew at Farnborough on 12 January 1917 powered by a ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9 1917 Conceived as a replacement for the F.E.2b in the fighter-reconnaissance role, the F.E.9 was of ... read more ... As a derivative of the F.E.9, the RAF planned to develop a dedicated night fighter as ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1 1917 Royal Aircraft Factory A.E.3 Ram 1918 The last aircraft type to emerge from the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, before its change ... read more ... The final aircraft built at Farnborough against contracts for 74 S.E.5s placed in 1917 was used ... read more ... Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5b 1918