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Report of Mr Golovine's visit to France

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/143

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This record is a file about the Report of Mr Golovine's visit to France dating from 8 August 1952.

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Reference
PA1716/5/3/143
Title
Report of Mr Golovine's visit to France
Date
8 August 1952
Description

2 Of the 500 engines, 300 might be for Javelin 3 Swiss may buy licence, in which case figure of 100 would be reduced and/or replaced by orders for sets of parts 4 Possibility of proceeding with 2-Sapphire version of N.16 (Mamba-ducted-fan aircraft) being considered by Swiss Government 5 Market originally estimated at 200 engines, but collapsed owing to NATO interference. Javelin orders would require additional engines 6 If the Swiss-designed engine (Dovern) is a failure, there will be a market for the Sapphire

Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
AS Sapphire/production report
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4eb386cd-a885-4ea6-9926-5b3b0dee6877/

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Report of Mr Golovine's visit to France