Discontinuing the use of names for aero engines in favour of numerical designations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 33\1\ Scan266 | |
| Date | 8th December 1925 | |
| Mor. B. Sy. -days- Expt. ENT. MS. Re/EST. X1775 RgT/W8.12.25 AERO ENGINE NAMES. I give below copy of BJS/H4.12.25:- "Kindly arrange, in corresponding with the Ministry, *for all reference to our engines to be by numbers, such as *'Rolls-Royce E.XVI', 'Rolls-Royce G.III', 'Rolls-Royce F.X.' The names 'Eagle(Aero Engine)', 'Condor(Aero Engine)' and 'Falcon(Aero Engine)' should be *discontinued." Will you please arrange accordingly. Rg. {Mr Rowledge} | ||
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