I never knew Rolls-Royce also manufactured plane engines. Pic captured on Cathay Pacific CX742 from Hanoi to Hong Kong. Don’t remember the make of the aircraft.
Posted by IloveabbyLoU2@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Was excited to see the logo and for a split second I thought it was a joke only to realize it actually makes a ton of sense given the infrastructure and capital necessary to make engines on this scale
Original_Ratio@reddit
Expanding on some answers, people often think of Rolls Royce as an auto manufacturer but that part was sold off decades ago. Currently their primary business is aircraft engines but they also use the same turbine for land and sea based powerplants.
upbeatelk2622@reddit
Cathay has touted Rolls-Royce engines in its advertising for decades. Here's an example from the 80s
frigginjensen@reddit
They also make gas turbines for ships
Ok_Interaction_6711@reddit
and previously tank engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor
Moist-Reply8911@reddit
Looks like you were on the Boeing 777-300 that arrived at 23:03. Rolls Royce Limited now Rolls Royce Holdings PLC has been making engines since WW1 such as the first engine being the RR Eagle V12. The Boeing 777-300 you were on has the Trent 800 series specifically the Trent 892, 892B, or 895. Rolls Royce is also in development of the largest turbofan engine the UltraFan.
zibudotai@reddit
Well Rolls Royce cars are now made by BMW. So they have to build something.
AceCombat9519@reddit
this must be a B777-367 or former EK B777-31H both have trent 892s. Knew this because I did MNL to HKG in one of them.
Momo0903@reddit
There is a company called Rolls Royce that builds aircraft engines and other kind of large engines. But it is not to be confused with the car company that BMW owns.
GuyfromKK@reddit
Same goes to General Electric
railker@reddit
"that one spins to make something clean, that one spins to make something disappear"
And I guess the engines spin to make something go fast.
BearPaws0103@reddit
Also relevant:Ryan Kelly - What has GE made that spins?
thatsvtguy@reddit
Yeah. Rolls Royce is funnier though.
hutch_man0@reddit
Fun fact RR now in the late stage development of the largest turbofan in history, the Ultrafan
hatlad43@reddit
They've been at it since WW1. It was the same company that makes the car. In the 70s the aircraft engine manufacturing division almost went bankrupt and was saved by the government. It has been state-owned ever since. The car business is privately owned (currently by BMW).
youngsod@reddit
They have done since 1915. The Rolls-Royce Eagle being the first, designed by Henry Royce. They've had quite a few famous ones since then...