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).
Requesting an examination for cracks on a fan flange and blade set from a test car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\4\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 15th November 1938 | |
| Hook. To Hl. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.3/MH.{M. Huckerby}15.11.38. We send you herewith the fan flange and blade set off 8.B.V. car - this car having just completed a 15,000 miles test in France. Will you please remove enamel, etch the blades, examine for cracks in same - particularly around the rivets and let us have a report on this blade set. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||