http://www.rolls100.com Charles S Rolls Centenary 1910 - 2010 Fri, 14 May 2010 10:41:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Prior to his death at the age of 33, Rolls had already had a busy life as a sportsman on bicycles, balloons, aeroplanes and cars, or ‘autocars’ as they were then called. He had also played a pivotal role in forming one of this country’s great companies. The ... http://www.rolls100.com/2010/05/charlie-rolls-the-musical/ After all these years it has been revealed that the inspiration for the Rolls-Royce flying lady was the lover of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Eleanor Thornton, his personal assistant. According to the present Lord Montagu, his mother knew about the affair and condoned it. Lord Montagu was friendly with the managing director ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/11/inspiration-for-the-spirit-of-ecstasy/ Charles Rolls made his last flight at the Bournemouth International Aviation Meeting which was to take place between 10 and 16th July at the aerodrome. He flew a French-built Wright plane with a modified tailplane, which broke off, causing the plane to dive vertically from a height of about ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/09/bournemouth-12th-july-1910/ Following his meeting with the Wrights brothers, Rolls became eager to learn to fly and to buy one their now-famous planes, which was difficult because of patents that were being discussed with Britain. When the Wright brothers did, eventually, come to Britain in May 1909 to discuss the building of ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/09/rolls-starts-to-fly-aeroplanes-1909/ Rolls went to the USA in 1906 to exhibit the Rolls-Royce cars at the New York Motor Show.  While he was there attended an exhibition organised by the Aero Club of America. and was introduced to the Wright brothers by Patrick Alexander who was a member of the Aero Club.  ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/09/rolls-meets-the-wright-brothers-1906/ This was one of the best cars in the world at the time, and it is still one of the most expensive,  after Bonhams sold it for $7.3m in London in 2007. http://www.rolls100.com/2009/09/1904-rolls-royce-10hp/ [caption id="attachment_80" align="alignnone" width="309" caption="About to take off"][/caption] Rolls was a pioneer aviator and his interest in aviation began, initially, by flying balloons, both gas and hot air, and he made over 170 ascents, even taking his mother with him on some ascents.. Throughout the year of 2010 there will be ascents ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/06/hot-air-balloons/ Monmouth's town museum will be staging a special exhibition to mark the centenary of Charles Rolls' death. Based upon the extensive collection of Rolls family material in the museum, the exhibition of photographs, memorabilia and documents will run from late January 2010 until the end of July 2010. As well as ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/06/the-rolls-exhibition-at-monmouths-nelson-museum-local-history-centre/ Henry Royce was a miller’s son from Huntingdonshire who had founded his own manufacturing company in 1884 in the Manchester district of Hulme, making domestic electrical fittings. In the 1890s, he diversified into electric cranes and by the beginning of the 20th century Royce had started to, build motor cars simply ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/06/the-death-of-charles-s-rolls/ For those who think that Rolls was simply the front-man to Royce’s practical-hands-on knowledge, they would be quite wrong. Rolls attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied Mechanical and Applied Science and because of his fascination with engines, he was nicknamed Dirty Rolls. When he was eighteen in 1896, he went ... http://www.rolls100.com/2009/06/a-new-post/