The Dark Story of Rolls-Royce Refused the Sky by His Own Company, the Founder DIED in It

The Dark Story of Rolls-Royce: Refused the Sky by His Own Company, the Founder DIED in It The official story is a lunch in Manchester. A lord's son with money and a mechanic with none shake hands and build the best car in the world. That is the version on the brass plaques. But six years later one of them was dead. On July 12, 1910, at a seaside air show near Bournemouth, the tail of Charles Rolls's Wright Flyer came apart over a crowded grandstand. He was the first Briton killed in a powered aircraft. Years earlier he had asked his own company to build an engine for the sky. The answer was no. His partner, Henry Royce, collapsed the next year and ran the firm for two decades from a sickroom, cared for by a nurse. The company that refused Rolls went on to build the Eagle, the Merlin and the jet engines that still carry his name first. And in 1998 the name itself was sold in a deal where nobody got the whole thing. It all comes back to a pilot's license. Certificate number two. Chapters: 00:00 — Bournemouth, July 1910 02:43 — ACT I — THE RISE 06:17 — ACT II — THE FACADE 09:59 — ACT III — THE CRACK 14:30 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 18:57 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources Charles Rolls, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... Accident report, French-Wright biplane, July 12, 1910, Aviation Safety Network — http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/1... Frederick Henry Royce, Grace's Guide — https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederi... Rolls-Royce Limited, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-R... Rolls-Royce name goes to BMW, UPI Archives, 1998 — https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/07/... #documentary #history #rollsroyce #aviation