Collection

Rolls-Royce 'Eagle' aero engine no. 5244

PART OF:
Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane, with components
Made:
1914-1919 in England
maker:
Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce 'Eagle' aero engine no. 5244, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1914-1919. Used in the aircraft in which John Alcock (pilot) and Arthur Whitten Brown (navigator) made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in June 1919.

Details

Category:
Aircraft Propulsion
Object Number:
1919-476 Pt2
type:
engines
credit:
Rolls-Royce Ltd.

Parts

Magneto on mahogany stand, from the Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Magneto on mahogany stand, from the Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Magneto on mahogany stand, unsigned, British, for Rolls-Royce 'Eagle' aero engine no. 5244, from the Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane, by Vickers Limited, Weybridge, Surrey, England, 1919

Materials:
copper (alloy) , steel (metal) , asbestos , plastic (unidentified) , textile and mahogany (wood)
Object Number:
1919-476 Pt2/1
type:
magneto

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