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).
Despatching new Lockheed flexes for broken hydraulic jacks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\2\ scan0274 | |
| Date | 5th June 1935 | |
| G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} W. Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. x 1166 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}5/KW.5.6.35. Hydraulic Jacks - 5-B-IV. With reference to your memo, re the above, in which you state that the flexible tubing is broken. We have to-day despatched to you 2 new Lockheed flexes which will you please fit when re-fitting the Jacks. We believe, however, you took one new flex from here, as spare, together with a tin of "Jackall" Fluid. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.Bowering. Please retain fractured bracket and flex for examination. | ||