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 President of Delco Aviation Corporation regarding battery ignition systems for aircraft engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img159 | |
| Date | 23th September 1931 guessed | |
| -2- of generators and batteries in almost all aircraft, battery ignition will be in demand. With a generator and battery available on the plane as regular equipment, the battery ignition will show a decided saving in weight and cost as well as giving at least equivalent performance to the engine. It might be of interest to Mr. Hives, if he has not already learned the fact, that we have sold the Fiat company three sets of ignition and the Renault two sets of ignition for the Schneider Cup engines, this business coming to us entirely unsolicited. We are also enclosing several of our catalogues and would ask that you send one or two of them to Mr. Hives showing what our present battery ignition covers. Yours very truly, DELCO AVIATION CORPORATION W.P. Loudon (Sgd.) President and General Manager. | ||