{"id":7745,"date":"2019-05-27T18:49:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T14:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autoscommunity.com\/?p=7745"},"modified":"2019-05-28T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T10:52:07","slug":"rolls-royce-wraith-eagle-viii-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoscommunity.com\/2019\/05\/27\/rolls-royce-wraith-eagle-viii-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce Wraith Eagle VIII Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Brown braved uncharted skies to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919. Contemporaries of Sir Henry Royce, Alcock and Brown, flew non-stop from St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber aircraft. The bi-plane was powered by twin 20.3 litre, 350 bhp, Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines. It is from this remarkable engine that this Collection takes its name. Rolls-Royce<\/a> marks the 100th anniversary of this feat with a highly contemporary Collection that speaks to today\u2019s adventurers, whilst honouring those who changed the course of history.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do not know what we should most admire – their audacity, determination, skill, science, their aeroplane, their Rolls-Royce<\/a> engines – or their good fortune\u201d<\/em>, commented Sir Winston Churchill, following the perilous journey that brought unfathomable advancement to 20th<\/sup> century society.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Alcock and Brown established a legend and gained a place alongside Donald Campbell, CBE in the most select club in the world; those who push beyond previous conceptions of human endeavour to achieve seemingly impossible records on land, water and now, air. Their one binding characteristic? Rolls-Royce power.<\/p>\n

The duo suffered every conceivable challenge an aviator could face. The Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines were the only components that proved indestructible. The engines propelled the aerial voyage at previously unimagined speeds, averaging 115 mph. Their peril cannot be underestimated. Their radio and navigation instruments<\/a> failed almost immediately, leaving the pilots flying unaided at night through the dense cloud and freezing fog for many hours, sometimes upside down. Eventually, they emerged from the cloud and using Brown\u2019s extraordinary skill as a navigator, flew by the stars to the coast of Ireland.<\/p>\n

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Torsten M\u00fcller-\u00d6tv\u00f6s, Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars<\/a>, commented, \u201cWraith Eagle VIII is at once an object of desire; an homage to heroes and a protagonist to today\u2019s visionaries. This Rolls-Royce Collection demonstrates the extraordinary skill of our Bespoke Collective at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, West Sussex. Bespoke remains the jewel in the crown of the marque, creating luxury items that defy the trend of mass luxury manufacturers using \u2018tick-box\u2019 options to answer customer demand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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