rolls royce started making plane engines in the early 1950s.
rolls royce started making plane engines in the early 1950s.
when did rolls royce start making plane engines?
the early 1950s
in 1907, charles rolls, whose interests had turned increasingly to flying, tried unsuccessfully to persuade royce and the other directors to design an aero engine. when world war i broke out in august 1914, rolls-royce (and many others) were taken by surprise. as a manufacturer of luxury cars, rolls-royce was immediately vulnerable, and claude johnson thought the bank would withdraw its overdraft facility on which rolls-royce depended at that time. nevertheless, believing that war was likely to be short-lived the directors initially decided not to seek government work making aero engines. however, this position was quickly reversed and rolls-royce was persuaded by the war office to manufacture fifty air-cooled v8 engines under licence from renault. meanwhile, the royal aircraft factory asked rolls-royce to design a new engine. despite initial reluctance, they agreed, and during 1915, developed rolls-royce's first aero engine, the twelve-cylinder eagle. this was quickly followed by the smaller six-cylinder hawk, the falcon and, just before the end of the war, the larger condor.
rolls-royce limited
bullet::::- rolls-royce derwent









































bullet::::- rolls royce eagle (h-24)









































bullet::::- rolls-royce eagle (v-12)









































bullet::::- rolls-royce eagle (x-16)









































bullet::::- rolls-royce exe









































bullet::::- rolls-royce falcon









































bullet::::- rolls-royce gem









































bullet::::- rolls-royce gnome









































bullet::::- rolls-royce goshawk









































bullet::::- rolls-royce griffon









































bullet::::- rolls-royce hawk









































bullet::::- rolls-royce kestrel









































bullet::::- rolls-royce merlin









































bullet::::- rolls-royce nene









































bullet::::- rolls-royce bristol olympus









































bullet::::- rolls-royce pegasus









































bullet::::- rolls-royce pennine









































bullet::::- rolls-royce peregrine









































bullet::::- rolls-royce r









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.44 tay









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.50 trent









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.106









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.108









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.141 medway









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.145









































bullet::::- rolls-royce/man turbo rb153









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.162









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.175









































bullet::::- rolls-royce rb.181









































bullet::::- rolls-royce/man turbo rb193
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