Timeline of Significant Events
| 1952 | ARA Formed and Ron Hills Appointed as Chief Executive |
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| 1956 | HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially opens ARA |
| 1957 | First Transonic Wind Tunnel test for industry |
| 1958 | Supersonic Tunnel |
| 1965 | Mach 4 – 5 Tunnel |
| 1966 | 2-D Tunnel |
| 1968 | Mach 7 Tunnel |
| 1970 | First test with TPS powered model |
| 1978 | MST nacelle and TPS calibration facility |
| 1978 | Captive Trajectory Rig |
| 1987 | Large scale propeller tests in TWT |
| 1988 | TWT Acoustic Liner |
| 1990 | TWT Honeycomb flow smoother |
| 1991 | Enhanced Twin Sting Rig for TWT |
| 1991 | Large Scale Thrust Measuring Rig |
| 1993 | First Cryogenic model manufactured at ARA (ETW reference model) |
| 1998 | Anti-surge controller for TWT Supersonic Circuit |
| 2000 | TWT Noise enclosure – Phase I- 24hr operation for TWT |
| 2000 | Brown Boveri compressor replaced with Sulzer axial flow compressor |
| 2002 | 50th Anniversary Celebrations with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh |
| 2003 | TWT Noise enclosure – Phase II |
| 2008 | 1st Production Pressure Sensitive Paint test in the TWT |
| 2010 | Phase 1 of TWT Upgrade Plan |
