Transatlantic Betrayal

The RB211 gas turbine engine was to be the biggest engineering project in Britain, and the world''s fi rst three-spool turbofan. It had been developed for the Lockheed L1011 Tristar and fi nally entered service in 1972. Despite its huge development costs, which pushed Rolls-Royce into bankruptcy, it turned Rolls-Royce into a global company, supplying engines for many thousands of airliners and mil...