Slightly OT- Rolls Royce Nene-

Does this mean there's a Merlin River? Jerry 47

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jerry 47
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Something hit me out of the blue just now- I always had heard that RR jets were named after rivers mainly. Where did the name Nene come from and it can't be from the Hawaiian state bird, can it? How does one pronounce Nene? I will not rest soundly until I know, so please tell me before my wife smacks me with a baseball bat so she can get some sleep-

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Jim Atkins

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There was actually a question on the Aviation part of the ASVAB? when I took it in 85 that was multiple choice that asked "Which of the following are RR engines" Thanks to an aviation obsessed childhood (and why stop there! ) it was one I got right. In fact I think the only question I missed on the aviation section was one on disc loading and well, as an NFO there was no chance of helo's in my future anyway unless things had already gone badly :)

Pugs

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Allen Epps

Hi,

Nene is a river too - pronounced 'neen'.

Duncan

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DunxC

Probably, but most of the RR piston engines were named after birds or other flying things: Eagle, Kestral, Merlin, Peregrine, Vulture, Goshawk, Buzzard, Griffon--OTOH, the Exe is a river name.

Armstrong-Siddeley favored cats: Tiger, Jaguar, Panther, Serval, Cheetah, though they also had a Deerhound, Mongoose and Double Mongoose.

Napier went in for weapons: Sabre, Rapier, Dagger, Culverin.

Bristol liked planets and constellations: Mercury, Jupiter, Pegasus, Perseus, Taurus, Hercules, Centaurus, Aquila.

Fairey had the Prince, after which they stopped building engines, which is too bad, because it was a pretty decent engine, and it might have eventually been called "the engine formerly known as Prince."

Mark Schynert

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Mark Schynert

Merlin ain't a jet, sonny. ;-)

RobG

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Rob Grinberg

R-R only named their jet engines after rivers. nought else.

Cheers Kev

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KEV OF BBA

RR Jets are Rivers

Bristol Jets are mythology

Olympus, Pegasus

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Martin

River Nene River Avon River Trent River Derwent

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Martin

Not all the way along. In Northamptonshire it's pronounced nen

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Saints_dave

Rolls named their piston engines after birds of prey; Merlin, Eagle, Kestrel , etc. Their turbine engines are named after rivers; Trent, Adour, Conway, etc. There are a few exceptions like Olympus and Pegasus which are actually Bristol designed engines. Bristol used mythological names for their engine; Centarus, Perseus, etc. Rolls picked up those engines in the consolidation of the British aero industry in the 60's and 70's.

Mark

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<mark.johnston

So where's the river RB-211 then ??

You're right though....... off the top of my head - and in no particular order :-

Nene Derwent Trent (turboprop) Trent (By-pass) Dart Spey Avon Tyne Conway

Ken

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Ken Duffey

baliff! whack his pee pee!

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someone

Don't forget the Clyde too. But wasn't the Exe a piston?

Duncan

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DunxC

Lockheed was celestial bodies for a while

Constellation, Starfire, Shooting star, Starfighter, Orion etc

Allen

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Allen Epps

Bloody hell! I didn't know people went back that far ?

Oh look a butterfly! Don't worry I'll kill it. Okay nurse, wrap him up again.

Richard.

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Richard Brooks

we go back pre john pertwee.

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someone

Yes, pressure air-cooled V-12, I believe.

Mark Schynert

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Mark Schynert

But it really, REALLY, *REALLY!!* wanted to be a jet.

RobG

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Rob Grinberg

It's a tributary of the Severn!

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Martin

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