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Description: | Safety Barrier and Arrester Gear Proving Base photographed here in derelict condition, in use for agricultural storage. The area comprised of a track used by a catapult to accelerate aircraft into a safety barrier and arrester gear. Development for aircraft carrier and airfield arrestor systems, to slow down and stop aircraft on landing, was a key part of the wide-ranging research undertaken at Royal Aerospace Establishment Bedford (formerly Thurleigh Airfield). | Subjects: | Military Research Station | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Ferguson, Aldon P | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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