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).
Letter to Hawker Aircraft Ltd regarding a drawing for an airscrew, with a pinned handwritten memo comparing the cost of Hillman axles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 30th March 1936 | |
| [Typed Letter] G/K/ 30.3.36. MESSRS. HAWKER AIRCRAFT LTD., KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. DEAR SIRS, Gipsy 'Six' 'Rapide' Type DH{D. Henderson - Showroom}89. We thank you for your letter of the 27th instant, Ref: ACW/MJS, and would inform you that we are forwarding you under separate cover a copy of our drawing No. H.9691 showing the installation of a De Havilland Hamilton C.P. Airscrew. Yours faithfully, ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. FOR CHIEF ENGINEER. [Handwritten Note] Mr R.K.M. A comparison with the Hillman initially shews the latter to be cheaper. The Axles 20/- each. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Olley 3/1/36 (Bristol) | ||