Series
Board of Longitude: Papers
Catalogue reference: RGO 14
Date: 1605-1830
Records of the Board of Longitude.These include papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John...
Series
Meteorological Research Flight
Catalogue reference: BJ 4
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BJ 4
Specimens of readings of the Meteorological Research Flight.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BJ 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Meteorological Research Flight
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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Specimens of readings of the Meteorological Research Flight.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Meterological Office, Meterological Research Flight, 1946-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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21 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Research
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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It is not proposed to add to this series as, from 1965, the majority of readings were recorded on automatic equipment.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1942, an RAF Flight equipped with Spitfire and Boston aircraft was set up at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, to investigate meteorological problems associated with the wartime operations of aircraft.
In 1946 this Flight was moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, Hampshire, where it has remained ever since. It was then formally recognised as the Meteorological Research Flight (MRF) with responsibility for conducting atmospheric research from aircraft. The information obtained by the Flight is used in the preparation of weather reports.
The MRF uses Royal Air Force aircraft and aircrew. The RAE provides the facilities for operating the aircraft and also for designing and carrying out the modifications to the aircraft and their equipment needed to fit them for their meteorological role.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2867/
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