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7 unusual facts about Cranfield


Cranfield

However, Cranfield is still home to one of the few remaining serviceable English Electric/BAC Lightning jet fighters.

Cranfield School of Engineering

The Cranfield School of Engineering is one of the schools of Cranfield University, an English University located on the Cranfield campuses in Bedfordshire.

Dyn'Aéro MCR4S

The first public appearance of the MCR4S was at the International Air Rally held at Cranfield just nine days after the first flight.

Human-powered aircraft

The Royal Aeronautical Society's "Man Powered Aircraft Group" was formed in 1959 by the members of the Man Powered Group of the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield when they were invited to join the Society.

Hybrid Air Vehicles

The company, based in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, partnered with Northrop Grumman in 2009 to win a $500 million contract which was delivered between 2009 and early 2013.

Nissan Qashqai

It is the first model to be styled by Nissan Design Europe in London, with engineering development led by Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) in Cranfield, Bedfordshire.

Short SB.4 Sherpa

The Sherpa was subsequently donated to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield, where it was flown until 1958, when an engine problem caused it to be grounded until replacement engines could be found.


Gerard Salton Award

1991 - Cyril Cleverdon, Cranfield Institute of Technology : "The significance of the Cranfield tests on index languages."

Lionel Cranfield

Monty Cranfield, Lionel Montague Cranfield, (1909–1993), Gloucestershire cricketer and son of Lionel Cranfield (cricketer)

Riversimple Urban Car

The Riversimple Urban Car was designed and developed in the United Kingdom by teams at Cranfield and Oxford Universities.

Royal School of Military Survey

Fully successful students graduate from Cranfield University, Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS), formerly the Defence College of Management and Technology, based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, during the July following the course.


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