RAE/DRA Bedford Thurleigh

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Past employees and aircrew may not be aware of this site Bedford Aeronautical Heritage Group

[Sir George Cayley]

Fascinating. Is this where the Blind Landing Unit operated from?

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[Genghis the Engineer]

Originally Posted by Sir George Cayley

Fascinating. Is this where the Blind Landing Unit operated from?

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It is - they offered me a job once. I turned it down to go and test training aeroplanes at Boscombe instead. Often wondered how my career would have gone if I'd picked that job - probably much the same in long retrospect.

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[John Farley]

BLEU statrted at Martlesham Heath in the mid 40s and moved to Bedford in 1957