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21 February 2025

2 June 1910 – Charles Rolls double crosses the English Channel in a non-stop flight

1 June 2023 Jacek Domański

On 2nd June 1910, Charles Rolls made a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel with a Wright aeroplane. Charles Steward Rolls, the British aviation and motoring pioneer, was born on 27th August 1877 in […]

15 October 1933 – the first run of Rolls-Royce Merlin engine

14 October 2021 Jacek Domański

On 15th October 1933, a liquid-cooled, V-12 piston engine designated as PV-12, had run for the very first time. It went into series production approximately three years later and became internationally famed as the Rolls-Royce […]

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