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Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd (Design Office) Bentham: Sapphire F.4 port engine failure...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/34

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PA1716/5/3/34
Title
Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd (Design Office) Bentham: Sapphire F.4 port engine failure (No.111) 27/10/1951 - Meeting at Bentham 29/10/1951
Date
27 October 1951
Description

Engine No.11 returned to Armstrong Siddeley 28/10/1951 after logging 4 hours 47 minutes running at GAC. 2 hours flying in Canberra of same build as damaged one. No previous burn-out of any Sapphire

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Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/003c2216-0cab-4135-8ee3-88dc8b20b34d/

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Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd (Design Office) Bentham: Sapphire F.4 port engine failure (No.111) 27/10/1951 - Meeting at Bentham 29/10/1951