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R H Lovell Collection: Bedford and Farnborough Wind Tunnels
Catalogue reference: CM 2
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CM 2
These papers were assembled by R H Lovell whilst a project manager for wind tunnel development at the Ministry of Public Building and Works and the Property Services Agency.In addition to material on the Royal Aircraft Establishment wind tunnels...
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CM 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- R H Lovell Collection: Bedford and Farnborough Wind Tunnels
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Date (When the record was created)
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1945-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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These papers were assembled by R H Lovell whilst a project manager for wind tunnel development at the Ministry of Public Building and Works and the Property Services Agency.
In addition to material on the Royal Aircraft Establishment wind tunnels at Bedford and Farnborough the series includes technical reports on work elsewhere and papers on the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment blow tunnel at Boscombe Down.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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121 files and volumes
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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 unless otherwise stated
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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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Between January 1966 and June 1970 R H Lovell was at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford, working on high and low speed tunnels there. In June 1970 he moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, as project manager for the new wind tunnel complex and later for new wind tunnels. He became Head of Facilities Engineering at the Atomic Warfare Research Establishment, Aldermaston in August 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4107/
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