The Gloster Meteor: A Closer Look At Britain's 1st Jet Fighter
This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...
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A Crown Vic Can Do 2,000-RPM Drifts If You Swap in a Twin-Turbo Tank Engine
When I think of drift cars, my mind goes to a rotary-powered RX-7. This Ford Crown Victoria with a twin-turbo Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine is pretty much the opposite of that. It has 12 pistons ...
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A real head-turner
Shannon took his Rolls Royce Roadster along to the event and it proved to be a real head turner. Powered by a 12litre, ...
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Trent, the powerful Rolls-Royce with which perhaps you have traveled without realizing it
In 1988 Rolls-Royce revived the Trent name to name a new turbofan engine: the RB-211-524L, first fired on 27 August 1990. The first variant of this engine was the Trent 700, used on the Airbus A330 in ...
3 Key UK Aerospace Innovations From WWII
Its revolutionary propulsion system set the Meteor apart from piston-engine contemporaries. Powerful thrust from the Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojets allowed for exceptional climbing capability. The jet ...