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 from the Central Landing Establishment requesting the design of a standard glider launching winch with a hydraulic torque converter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\2\ img031 | |
| Date | 20th November 1940 | |
| WH/10/3/Air .2006 Central Landing Establishment, Ringway, Nr. Manchester. 20th November 1940. Glider Launching Winch. Dear Mr. Robotham, A letter has come from M.A.P. to say they are asking you to design a standard launching winch. I have written back to them suggesting that they should supply you with a standard R.A.F. trailer to mount it on. I hope you will be able to incorporate a hydraulic torque converter to ease and improve the processes of starting a load. Yours sincerely Mungo Buxton Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. (for the attention of W.A. Robotham Esq.) | ||