article_snippet.sent: In 1936, the Air Ministry approached the car manufacturer Rover, asking them to help with wartime production.
article_snippet.sent: By 1939, all motoring production had ceased and the car manufacturer Rover had begun working solely on aircraft parts and engines.
article_snippet.sent: Drakelow Factory was used to produce aircraft engines specifically for four models of Bristol aircraft; the Pegasus, Hercules, Centaur and Mercury.
article_snippet.sent: When demand wavered at the end of the war some staff were kept on to continue working on tanks.
article_snippet.sent: Production of the Meteor Tank Engine continued until 1952 when parts became surplus to requirements.
article_snippet.sent: Production of the Meteor Tank Engine stopped indefinitely thee years later when The Drakelow site was handed over to the Ministry of Works.
article_snippet.sent: During the war it was used to produce engine parts for four Bristol aircraft - Hercules, Pegasus, Centaur and Mercury.
article_snippet.sent: For a short while afterward Production of the Meteor Tank Engine continued but to create parts for army tanks.