SC Supplement.indd - Sir Henry Royce Foundation

Chapter 2 The Boom Years of the 1920s
Page 62, 2 nd para: Before early 1920 the Bridge Street premises
were occupied by the Australian Aircraft and Engineering
Co. (q.v. in Sunburnt Country).
Page 69, top caption: change ‘White cars’ to ‘White trucks’; 2 nd
para., Peat went to England in March 1920 for six months;
at end of 2 nd para. add ‘Sir Henry Braddon, Chairman of
Dalgety, was the father of Val Arnott and it was members of
the Arnott family who were avid Rolls-Royce owners. It is
thought likely that their experience influenced Braddon to
take up the agency.’.
Page 70: End of 3 rd para change date in ‘Silver Shadow in’ to
‘1965’.
Page 73, caption: After ‘Silver Ghosts’ add ‘60764 by the
workshop’s rear window’.
Page 77. After Ross Smith’s epic flight it was found that one
of the engines needed an overhaul. This was done at the
Ipswich Workshops of the Queensland Railway Department,
the first Rolls-Royce aero engine overhaul in the country. A
pair of connecting rods were made, the cranked crankcase
plated over. Two spare cylinders were also fitted and a new
propeller made. The engine was then tested on an outdoor
jury rig. (See Sea, Land and Air Feb. 1920 p.737-739).
Two advertisements placed by the
Company’s Australian representative
B. A. Peat after Ross Smith’s
flight. (Sea, Land and Air, Jan.
1920 p.705 and Feb. 1920 p.773)
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