Letter to British Eagle Brake Linings Ltd. declining to test new brake linings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\2\ scan0317 | |
| Date | 21th July 1939 | |
| 1180 Experimental Dept. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 7/MH. {M. Huckerby} 21st. July, 1939. British Eagle(Aero Engine) Brake Linings Ltd., Eagle(Aero Engine) works, Duke Street, BIRMINGHAM, 4. Your Ref: HRS/EMS. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of 19th. July, we regret that we are not in a position to test any new brake linings at present. Testing new types involves considerable labour and expense and we have so much work to do that we cannot undertake any more. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||
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).