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Report from Mr Slatter Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Flight...
Catalogue reference: PA1716/4/5/41
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- PA1716/4/5/41
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Title (The name of the record)
- Report from Mr Slatter Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Flight Section) to Mr Chapman: Notes on a discussion at Avro on application of the geared fan engine
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Date (When the record was created)
- 27 August 1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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Part 2: The Atlantic airliner. This is a civil version of the Vulcan with a take-off weight of 200,000 lbs. Fitted with four Olympus engines it would carry a payload of 21,000 lbs across the Atlantic cruising between 41,000 and 46,000 ft. Avro had worked out comparative operating costs of the aircraft with the Bristol engines and with our fan engine
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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)
- Bitteswell Flight section/memos/reports
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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/2e465bbf-e4a9-4723-976f-8ff8a241dc71/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Within the fonds: PA1716
Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Coventry Branch - Records of Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol...
Within the sub-fonds: PA1716/4
Bitteswell Flight Testing (A History)
Within the sub-sub-fonds: PA1716/4/5
Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Bitteswell Flight Section): Memos/letters...
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Report from Mr Slatter Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Flight Section) to Mr Chapman: Notes on a discussion at Avro on application of the geared fan engine