I think Rolls Royce Aero Engines is a different company from the Rolls Royce car manufacturer. Though I’m not entirely sure.

From the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited website…

The company had been owned by British defence group Vickers plc since 1980, and was sold to the highest bidder – Volkswagen – in 1998. The German car maker took control of Bentley and the factory in Crewe, Cheshire but the rights to the famous Rolls-Royce name and iconic Spirit of Ecstasy symbol were retained by aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce plc.

These rights were then granted to BMW: it was a fitting move as the two companies have long collaborated on aero engine projects. While a new production facility and, of course, the entirely new Phantom were developed by the newly formed Project Rolls-Royce (later Rolls-Royce Motor Cars), it was agreed that Volkswagen would continue to build cars wearing the Spirit of Ecstasy at Crewe until the end of 2002. The next four years would be busy…

So the way that I read that is that BMW does in fact build engines but they do so under the borrowed RR name plate. So the Rolls-Royce BR700 family of engines that I mentioned earlier is truly a BMW engine with the RR slapped on the side. Does that sound right?

BMW in collaboration with RR produces the BR700 family of engines which can be found on the B717 and MD95. So BMW is a division of the RR engine division and BMW produces their own line of engines not found in the RR line. I would say that BMW makes aircraft engines.

I thought that NWA was phasing out their DC-10’s and 742’s which would only leave the DC-9’s. The days of “paid for” aircraft advantages is probably gone. Those DC-9’s are fuel hogs especially on the short routes that they run them on. We’ve seen our fuel costs over double. While the rest of the industry is enjoying cheaper operating costs on their 73NG’s and A320’s, NWA is flying their Jurassic Jets. It’s all about efficiency.

Were the LPG gas lanterns even full? There’s a good chance that what they were carrying were empty lanterns. That might explain why the captain decided to continue. How can there be a LPG leak when there isn’t any LPG being carried onboard?

What’s LPG?

My favourite aviation theme Hollywood movie is currently
‘View from the top”.. :diablo:

I got a real kick how her character was “punished” by working for a regional carrier flying turboprops out of Cleveland. Oh wait…….HEY I take offense to that! 😉

I haven’t done any of our LAX flying yet. Hopefully in the future I’ll make it to the other side of the Rockies. 🙂