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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