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).
The procurement of petrol for Goshawk and Kestrel engine type tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan183 | |
| Date | 28th July 1933 | |
| [stamped, crossed out] Rg{Mr Rowledge}/Tan [stamped, crossed out] C. Rg{Mr Rowledge}/Tan [stamped] RHG ————— Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lov{Mr Lovesey} [handwritten] 81282 [handwritten] LOV{Mr Lovesey} [handwritten] See me EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn4/MH.{M. Huckerby}28.33 re PETROL FOR GOSHAWK TYPE TESTS ...................... [handwritten] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} With further reference to EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn1/MH.{M. Huckerby}28.7.33, working on the type test programme enclosed with Rg{Mr Rowledge}/Tsn1/DM{D. Munro} of August 1st to the Air Ministry will you please obtain at once the 4,500 gallons of Fuel A.{Mr Adams} and the 4,500 gallons of Fuel B. As we note that fuel A.{Mr Adams} is required for Kestrel S.1279 and Goshawk II No.5., this should be delivered in bulk and put into the only underground tank available for type test petrol; fuel B. will have to be obtained in barrels. [handwritten signature] EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn | ||