When you say Rolls Royce a lot of people think about the luxurious car most people dream about having. But everybody keeps forgetting that Rolls Royce is also known for their aircraft engines. The four main sectors that Rolls Royce is best known for are: civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy. Rolls Royce is also known for their various air-shows in the world, the main shows are in Paris (France) and Dubai. They also are the second biggest company in Civil Aero engines and Defence aero engines.
As you know, the first Rolls Royce was built in 1906, it was the Silver Ghost, which was crowned “the best car in the world” in 1907.
Royce designed the first aero engine because he was asked to by the UK, he named it “The Eagle”, this was in the beginning of WWI. This engine was used for the first flight from England to Australia. Rolls Royce designed the ‘R’ engine in the late 1920, this engine provided an entry to the International Schneider Trophy for seaplanes contest. This contest was set in 1931 and Rolls Royce’s engine set a new record for that time and for the first time ever a plane reached the air speed of 400Mph. This record was both for land and water.
Royce designed a new type of engines during the last years of his life; The Merlin Aero Engine. It was launched in 1935, sadly, 2 years after Royce’s death. This engine was one of the only engines powerful enough to power the Hawker Hurricane and the Supermarine Spitfire in the Battle of Britain.
Due to its power, this engine became very successful in a very short period of time and was in high demand in the WWII. Rolls Royce became a major company in the distribution of engines for aero propulsion.
1994 was another successful years for Rolls Royce, Sir Frank Whittle started developing an aero gas turbine, that became very popular. It is at this time that Rolls Royce decided to only manufacture gas turbines. During the War there were another few big Engine Companies; Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol, Blackburn, Napier and De Havilland. The Biggest company among them was Bristol, who merged with Armstrong Siddeley in 1959. In 1961 Blackburn, Napier and De Havilland decided to merge with Bristol. Rolls Royce and Bristol Merged in 1966 and became the only aero engine industry in Britain.
Rolls Royce underwent quite a lot of merges and acquisitions and became the only British company that delivered air, sea and land-power. Rolls Royce and BMW ventured together in 1990 and in 2003 BMW decided to take the responsibility for Rolls Royce, the company is now known as Rolls-Royce Deutschland LTD & Co KG.
This article was put together by Cedric Jans from Phantom Scotland; experts in luxury car rentals.
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