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 C.G. Spencer & Sons Ltd. apologising for a bad report on plugs tested on an Aero Engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 33\3\ Scan260 | |
| Date | 16th December 1927 | |
| TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "AERONAUT, LONDON". TELEPHONE: HIGHBURY GROVE, CLISSOLD 1893. FIRST IN 1835. FOREMOST TO-DAY. CONTRACTORS TO THE AIR MINISTRY, ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. C.G. SPENCER & SONS LP{Mr Lappin} MANUFACTURERS OF BALLOONS, AIRSHIPS & PARACHUTES, & GAS CONTAINERS. WORKS: HIGHBURY. Head Office:- 56A HIGHBURY GROVE, LONDON, N.5. EA/SVP 16th. December 1927. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, Your Ref: Rg{Mr Rowledge}2/LW. We are greatly obliged for yours of 15th. inst. and regret to have such a bad report of the plugs. We have run one or two in motor cars, and have had fairly satisfactory reports, but we wanted one tested on an Aero Engine. We sincerely apologise for troubling you in this matter, and again thanking you, We are, Yours faithfully [Signature] THE ORIGINAL FIRM - SOLE MAKERS OF THE "SPENCER" PATENT PARACHUTE USED BY THE AIR SERVICES. | ||