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).
Request to replace a fractured fan blade for a Ferodo test rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\4\ scan0018 | |
| Date | 12th May 1939 | |
| 1135 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}7/JH.12.5.39. FANS FOR FERODO TEST RIG. Will you please replace the fractured blade on the fan handed to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} This new blade should not be black enamelled and when completed the fan should be despatched to Messrs. Ferodo Ltd., marked for the attention of Mr. Longley. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards} | ||