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Memo & report from Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Flight Section)...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/4/5/16

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Reference
PA1716/4/5/16
Title
Memo & report from Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Flight Section) to Mr Saxton: List of engines & aircraft with Sapphire 6 engines with steel bladed compressors up to October 1953
Date
24 February 1954
Description

List engines shows the running time in aircraft of Sapphire 6 engines with steel bladed compressors up to October 1953, when a restriction was placed on running between 4000 and 6000 rpm. The wording of the present restriction included on the Flight Clearance Certificate is as follows: 'The engine rpm range between 4000 and 6000 must be avoided as much as practical.' The aircraft are: Javelin, Victor, Vulcan, Hunter, Canberra, Lancastrian

Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
Bitteswell Flight section/memos/reports
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/99159921-02af-4a9e-878c-761520a80c3d/

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Memo & report from Armstrong Siddeley Motors Experimental Department (Flight Section) to Mr Saxton: List of engines & aircraft with Sapphire 6 engines with steel bladed compressors up to October 1953