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Letter from Armstrong Siddeley Motors to AV Roe (Sir Roy Dobson): Sapphire engine...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/124

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Reference
PA1716/5/3/124
Title
Letter from Armstrong Siddeley Motors to AV Roe (Sir Roy Dobson): Sapphire engine for the Canadaian fighter aicraft
Date
10 August 1951
Description

I should like to remind you that the 8,000lb thrust Sapphire is identical to the 7,500 lb thrust unit, except that it runs 300 rpm faster at maximum thrust conditions. We have completed over 600 hours of development testing on the 8,00 lb Sapphire, including a 150-hour development test at type test conditions, but because of compressor blade problems we have kept off certain critical speeds

Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
AS Sapphire/Avro
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e61bdb9f-4efa-42b7-8d0b-d8ac51132ca7/

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Sapphire Engine

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Letter from Armstrong Siddeley Motors to AV Roe (Sir Roy Dobson): Sapphire engine for the Canadaian fighter aicraft