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Letter from TDM Robertson, Hawker Aircraft Ltd to Mr Chapman, Armstrong Siddeley...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/229

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PA1716/5/3/229
Title
Letter from TDM Robertson, Hawker Aircraft Ltd to Mr Chapman, Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Hunter F.3/48
Date
23 August 1950
Description

Par 2: The Hunter F.3/48 had been designed round an engine of 7,500 lbs thrust and we are therefore most unhappy even to consider installing the Avon which had recently failed at 6,800 lbs when the Sapphire was doing much better. Musgrave was of the opinion that there would be two types of Hunter F.3/48; one with the Avon and the other with the Sapphire

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Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e6320448-bc5b-48df-aa86-3f33679f120f/

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Letter from TDM Robertson, Hawker Aircraft Ltd to Mr Chapman, Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Hunter F.3/48