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Call it the Battle of Britain. This week in 2002 marked the end of a tussle for Rolls-Royce as two German automakers competed for the prize. TheDetroitBureau.com looks back at this tale of corporate maneuvering.
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Charles Rolls became the first person to fly a nonstop double crossing of the English Channel in 95 minutes in 1910. Rolls, who co-founded Rolls-Royce, received the Royal Aero Club’s Gold Medal for his achievement, which included the first eastbound airborne crossing of the English Channel. The flight is commemorated with a statue in Monmouth and another in Dover. Aviation Pioneer Charles Rolls was a pioneer aviator and, at first, a balloonist, with over 170 balloon ascents under his belt. The Gordon Bennett Gold Medal for the longest single flight time was awa...
In Britain Herbert Austin, works manager of the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co, built the first of the Wolseley cars in 1896. Britain had been slow to adopt the concept of the motor car, partly because of the strong lobby from the railways and partly because legislation until 1896 had limited the speed of powered vehicles to 4mph in the countryside and 2mph in towns. In 1896 the limit was raised to 14mph and in 1903 to 20mph. Frederick Henry Royce was born in 1863. His father’s milling business failed and he died when Frederick was nine. After only a year in school he gained ...
0 Comments Karl Benz built the first car in 1885, and since then many thousands of companies have sprung up trying to make a name for themselves. But few have survived and here we take a look at how some of those survivors. Sometimes things are a lot more convoluted than you think though, with some companies claiming two (or even three) first cars… Mercedes-Benz (1886) This is where it all started – the first company to build a car. Karl Benz built his first car in 1885 and he patented it in January 1886, but the Mercedes name would...