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).
Preparing schemes for the installation of a B.80 engine into No.30 test house.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0311 | |
| Date | 19th August 1938 | |
| 1209 To EJJ. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}5/JH.19.8.38. No.30 Test House. When you have completed your schemes and instructions for the installation of the B.60 engine in No.5 test house in accordance with our memo. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}1/MH.{M. Huckerby}14.7.38. will you please carry on with the necessary schemes for installation of the B.80 engine (8 cyl.) in No.30 test house. The bed we propose to use for the job is the one nearest the exptl. fitting shop. It is expected that the B.80 engine will be on test in November. Attached herewith is a requisition sheet for the job (B.5206.) Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||