Collection of documents relating to the organisation and running of Mitchell Hydraulics, along with sales literature, precision components catalogue and photographs of the manufacturing areas of the factory. Key documents include early outline and structure of the company and a sale memorandum providing information, to potential buyers, about the division when it was identified as being a potential asset for selling at a time when Ferranti were in financial difficulties. Collection of Ferranti International Mitchell Hydraulics Division
Postcard showing an Avro Type E or Type 500 biplane in flight. The Type E was the name given to the prototype aircraft, which first flew on 3 March 1912. The War Office, which had requested the design of a two-seat aircraft capable of carrying a bomb, placed an order for two further aircraft, which became known as the Type 500. The Type 500, along with the single-seater Type 502, were considered to be A. V. Roe & Co.'s first successful aircraft. Photograph of an AVRO biplane in flight
