Aeronautical Engineering Interest - A pair of polished steel scale models of high energy by-pass engines, mounted on mahogany bookends; a scale model of a Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan engine, on a black perspex stand; and another model, (4). Note: The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines capable of generating 37,400 to 60,600 pounds-force. Provenance: All presented to the late Sir John Boyd The pair of bookends are probably prototype models of the Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan engine and were presented to Sir John at an apprentice prizegiving in 1970 at the National Gas Turbine Establishment at Pyestock, near Farnborough, Kent. Sir John started his career as an engineering worker and began work as a trade union organizer in 1946. He was President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions in 1964 and was General Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers from 1975 to 1982.
Aeronautical Engineering Interest - A pair of polished steel scale models of high energy by-pass engines, mounted on mahogany bookends; a scale model of a Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan engine, on a black perspex stand; and another model, (4). Note: The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines capable of generating 37,400 to 60,600 pounds-force. Provenance: All presented to the late Sir John Boyd The pair of bookends are probably prototype models of the Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan engine and were presented to Sir John at an apprentice prizegiving in 1970 at the National Gas Turbine Establishment at Pyestock, near Farnborough, Kent. Sir John started his career as an engineering worker and began work as a trade union organizer in 1946. He was President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions in 1964 and was General Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers from 1975 to 1982.
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