Rolls-Royce Conway family
Rolls-Royce Conway family of early low-bypass turbofan engines and first production bypass-engine programme. This packet creates the canonical historical family identity only; the RCo.12 Mark 509 child, aircraft installations, actors, and lineage edges remain separate evidence-bound work.
Identity
- Aliases
- ConwayRolls-Royce ConwayRB.80 Conway
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turbofan
- Name
- Rolls-Royce Conway family
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Rolls-Royce Conway family of early low-bypass turbofan engines and first production bypass-engine programme. This packet creates the canonical historical family identity only; the RCo.12 Mark 509 child, aircraft installations, actors, and lineage edges remain separate evidence-bound work.
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 06:14:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 06:14:10 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- The Smithsonian identifies Conway as the first production bypass engine and distinguishes the exact RCo.12 Mark 509 representative variant.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- Title
- Rolls-Royce Conway RCo.12 Mark 509 Turbofan Engine
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- Rolls-Royce's official history identifies Conway as its first turbofan for large intercontinental passenger aircraft and establishes the family boundary preceding later Trent engines.
- Publisher
- Rolls-Royce
- Title
- Trent: Delivering continuous improvement