Rolls-Royce Offers Engine 'Journey' at the Paris Air Show

    LONDON, May 31 Visitors to the Rolls-Royce exhibit at the
Paris Air Show (stand C20 in Hall 2A) -- which is being staged
16-24 June -- will be able to experience a journey through a gas turbine
engine.
    Small groups will enter an engine "mock-up" where, after viewing a
selection of latest-technology components from turbofan engines, a special
audio-visual experience begins.
    People will get an idea of what happens to the air that is sucked through
the intake, squeezed progressively smaller through several compression stages,
then burned in the combustion chamber before passing through the turbine and
exhaust section of the engine at high speed.
    The effects of this three-minute experience are created by a combination
of actual film and computer simulations, and explain graphically how a gas
turbine works.  Surround sound adds to the effect.
    Other features of the exhibit reflect the broad range of aero-engine
products and services Rolls-Royce can provide for airlines, armed forces,
corporate, utility and private aircraft operators.
    In the "total care lounge," demonstrations will be given of
aeromanager.com, a proprietary on-line tool, by which customers will be able
to transact business with Rolls-Royce and through which the company is able to
deliver and support its growing portfolio of support services.
    Models featured on the stand will include the next-generation Joint Strike
Fighter aircraft and the record-breaking Global Hawk, both of which use
Rolls-Royce power.  The largest piece of hardware is the full-size Trent,
representing the engine family that powers the Boeing 777, Airbus A330,
A340-500/600 and A380.
    Other civil products on display are full-size AE3007 and FJ44, and scale
models of the Tay and BR715 engines, which power a range of regional airliners
and corporate jets.
    The military engines range is headed by a full-size EJ200, the Eurofighter
powerplant, with a full-size AE1107, the turboshaft engine at the heart of the
V-22, and a scale model Adour, which powers Hawk and Jaguar aircraft.
Helicopter engines on show include a full-size RTM322, powering the EH101
Merlin, UK Apache and NH90, and the Model 250 that has accumulated more than
50 helicopter and fixed-wing applications.

    Notes
    1) You can visit the Rolls-Royce Paris Air Show website at
       http://www.rolls-royce.com/paris/index.html where photos can also be sourced.
       Broadcast quality video material can obtained from http://www.newsmarket.com ;
       register at TheNewsMarket for a wide range of B-Roll and stock shots.

    2) Rolls-Royce plc is a global company providing power on land, sea and
       air.  The company has established leading positions in civil aerospace,
       defence, marine and energy markets.  Its core gas turbine technology
       has created one of the broadest product ranges of aero engines in the
       world, with 55,000 engines in service in over 150 countries.  Customers
       include more than 500 airlines, 2,400 corporate and utility operators
       and 160 armed forces, using both fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
       Rolls-Royce pioneered gas turbine technology for aerospace, power
       generation and marine propulsion and is involved in major future
       programmes in these fields.  These include the Trent aero and
       industrial engines, the Eurofighter Typhoon and Joint Strike Fighter
       combat engines, the WR21 marine engine and leading edge water jet
       propulsion systems.