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 Fairey Aviation Company to E.W. Hives regarding a steering stabiliser for adaptation to aircraft controls.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\3\ Scan143 | |
| Date | 22th March 1935 | |
| X 1300 Telephone: {400 | 405} Hayes, Mid* Telegrams: "Airily, Hayes, Middlesex" Code: Bentley's. THE FAIREY AVIATION COMPANY LTD CONTRACTORS TO THE AIR MINISTRY, ADMIRALTY AND WAR OFFICE AND COLONIAL AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Head Office: HAYES . MIDDLESEX Works: HAYES, MIDDLESEX & at HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON. DIRECTORS: C.R. FAIREY, M.B.E., F.R.Ae.S. (CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR) SQDN. LDR. M.E.A. WRIGHT, A.F.C. MAJOR T. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} BARLOW, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S. W. BROADBENT. FLT. LIEUT. L. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} HILTON, D.F.C., A.F.C. SECRETARY: C.C. VINSON, A.C.A. REFERENCE: C.E. 5/DM{D. Munro} TMB. Chief Engineer's Office, 22nd. March 1935. E.W. Hives Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY. Dear Hives, I had an interesting interview this morning with Mr. A.C. Trimmer, Director of T.T.N. Patents Ltd., Park Gardens, Alfold, Billinghurst, with reference to their steering stabiliser which we are looking into for its adaptation to controls on aircraft. The gear is so simple and effective (Malcolm Campbell has it on his racer) that I should like to know if your Company have used it. If not, do get a set and try the scheme. I can't see any snags. Yours sincerely, [Signature] M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Barlow [Handwritten note on left margin]: 9x4 1/2 . 4.6. | ||