Approval for 50 hours' development testing on a 6-cylinder 'Kestrel' unit with ethylene glycol.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\4\ Scan083 | |
| Date | 5th April 1933 | |
| S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} 84659 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From Blb. Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} " " Rg. {Mr Rowledge} Py/Blb.1/LAM.5.4.33. Re: 50 HOURS' DEVELOPMENT TESTING ON 6-CYLINDER "KESTREL(Aero Engine)" UNIT WITH ETHYLENE GLYCOL. You will be pleased to learn that the above tests have been approved. The official requisition has been raised today and we hope to obtain the contract in the near future. Py/Blb. RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).