Decision to use wire wheels over disc wheels on the Goshawk.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\4\ scan0016 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1922 | |
| X359S To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. Copy to ~~Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ~~. BJ5/H11.3.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). With reference to our conference at Derby on the 8th, I understand you will write us stating why it is decided to use wire instead of disc wheels on the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)), and what is the arrangement in regard to supplying wheels - both disc and wire wheels - at the present time. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} MAR 3 1922 RECEIVED B.J. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).