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).
The fitting and servicing of sparking plugs for the Merlin Engine in a Horsley aircraft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\2\ Scan276 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. to Mr. Underwood (A.I.D). Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Dor.{Mr Dorey}1/EKB. 2. 1. 36. [Handwritten] WST See me 86-000 MERLIN SPARKING PLUGS. Regarding your memo ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA. 31.12.35, if you will let us have the sparking plugs in question, we will fit them in the Merlin Engine in the Horsley right away, and obtain for you any information you may require. Do we take it that you do not want these plugs serviceing at all, or are they to be subjected to the normal routine examination. Dor.{Mr Dorey} [Signature] | ||