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Minutes of D.Eng.RD meeting held at Armstrong Siddeley Motors
Catalogue reference: PA1716/4/6/21
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- PA1716/4/6/21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Minutes of D.Eng.RD meeting held at Armstrong Siddeley Motors
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Date (When the record was created)
- 11 November 1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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Present: Air Commodor FR Banks and 5 others from MoS: Mr WF Saxton and 13 others from Armstrong Siddeley Motors. Agenda: Viper engine delivered to Percival 15 October 1953. (c) Engine deliveries to prototype aircraft: Sa.7 in Javelin aircraft. Air Ministry would like as many Sa.7 Javelin engined fighters as possible. Sa.6 Javelins should be of the trainer type and limited to 20 or 30 aircraft. 3 to 5 Viper engines for Avro. 223 (169) Sapphire test position: Sapphire 7. 226 (172) test position: Sapphire 6. 228 (174) Sapphire 5. Sapphire flying test beds: 233 (180) Canberra WD.933 (twin Sa.3); 234 (179) Canberra 2nd aircraft VW.787 (Twin Sa.6R). Prototype aircraft: 236 (182) Javelin WD.827 (twin Sa.6) 3rd aircraft; 237 (183) Javelin (twin Sa.6) 4th aircraft; 238 (184) Handley Page Victor WB.771 (4 Sa.6) 1st aircraft; 239 (185) Handley Page Victor (4 Sa.6) 2nd aircraft; 240 (186) Avro Vulcan VX.770; 241 (187) Hawker Hunter WB.202 (Sa.6); 242 (188) English Electric P.1 (twin Sa.5); 243 (190) Handley Page Victor (4 Sa.7). Viper: 244 (192) Running times. 245 (193) Test position. 246 (194) Future programme: Aircraft Viper in tail of Lancaster SW.342; 248 (197) Provost aircraft (Viper). Double Mamba: 249 (198) Running times. 250 (199) Test position. 252 (202) Fairey Gannet VR.546; 253 (203) Fairey Gannet VR.557 (2nd aircraft); 254 (204) Fairey Gannet WE.488 (3rd aircraft); 255 (205) Blackburn GR.17/45 . Mamba: 256 (206) Running times. 257 (207) Test position: Armstrong Siddeley Motors.3; Armstrong Siddeley Motors.5 & 6: 266 (214) General development: Wyvern VW.868 provisioned for Armstrong Siddeley Motors; 268 (216) Wyvern Mk.4 VZ.747; 269 (217)Wyvern VZ.746. Rocket: 270 (218) Screamer rocket motor. 271 (219) Provision of Meteor 8 for Screamer tests. 272 (220) Design study of package rocket unit. 273 (221) APU operating on rocket propellents. Research, Aerodynamics: 1 Choking in compressors. 2 Three-dimensional flow in compressors. 3 Engine intakes. 4 Reports. Combustion: 1 Vapourisers. 2 Flame vibration. Altitude rig. 3 Ignition. 4 reheat
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Coventry Archives & Research Centre
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Derd/1953
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 Item
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c3fe1cf4-ade9-4adf-a858-2345d130d5b9/
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This record is held at Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Within the fonds: PA1716
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Within the sub-fonds: PA1716/4
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Within the sub-sub-fonds: PA1716/4/6
Minutes of D.Eng.RD meetings held at Armstrong Siddeley Motors
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