A stage 3 turbine from a Rolls Royce RB 80 “Conway” turbofan, mounted as a coffee table.

The turbine is 102 cm in diameter, and rotates in the aluminium table base.

Provenance: Rolls Royce RB 80 turbofan engine from a Hadley Page Victor.

Height: 47 cm
Width : 122 cm
Depth : 122 cm

This Rolls Royce Conway jet engine formerly powered a Cold War era Royal Air Force Handley Page Victor B.2 V-bomber, which was linked with the early British atomic weapons programme and nuclear deterrent policies that developed in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Rolls-Royce Conway engines are on public display at the following museums and collections in the UK:

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.

Farnborough Air Sciences Trust museum, Farnborough.

Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Collection, Derby.

A sectioned Conway at the Brooklands Museum, Weybridge.