<P> Aero - engine manufacture began in 1914 because the government requested it . Rolls - Royce 's Eagle , the first example was made in 1915 , was the first engine to make a non-stop trans - Atlantic crossing by aeroplane when in June 1919 two Eagles powered the converted Vickers Vimy bomber on the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown . </P>
<P> Aero - engine manufacture began in 1914 because the government requested it . Rolls - Royce 's Eagle , the first example was made in 1915 , was the first engine to make a non-stop trans - Atlantic crossing by aeroplane when in June 1919 two Eagles powered the converted Vickers Vimy bomber on the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown . </P>
when did rolls royce start making plane engines
when did rolls royce start making plane engines
1914
1914