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).
Proposing a road test for the 'Goshawk II' between an unnamed location and Derby.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\4\ img021 | |
Date | 15th November 1921 | |
[Stamp: RECEIVED NOV 1921] [Handwritten faint scribble above 'ORIGINAL'] [Stamp: ORIGINAL] To HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from [text struck through] Copy to Ed.{J. L. Edwards} WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [text struck through] [Handwritten: X4219] [Handwritten: R1/G15/11/21. 2.] [Stamp: Purple triangle] [Handwritten: vH] RE "GOSHAWK II". With reference to "Goshawk II", I think the running to test this from a [underlined: road point of view] might be made between [underlined: here and Derby], the reason being that I could see it with your [underlined: representative] while on its journey, and observe the efficiency of [underlined: any particular device we had fitted as an improvement]. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||