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The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. Wonderful David Edgerton, TLS A fascinating account Aeroplane Monthly Casts new light on the intense, heroic character of Frank Whittle Leo McKinstry [A] thorough dissection of the evolution of the jet engine... I recommend this mighty tome unreservedly Journal of Aeronautical History A long overdue corrective of an extraordinary man James Hamilton-Paterson A fine, deeply researched book Military History MonthlyIn 1938, a thirty-one-year-old RAF pilot and engineer named Frank Whittle - given special leave to pursue his own startlingly original concept of flight - presented the Air Ministry with a written proposal for a revolutionary jet-powered fighter aircraft. A ready response might have changed the course of history, but Whittle got no reply.In this gripping and insightful biography, Duncan Campbell-Smith charts Whittles success at building a pre-war jet engine against all the odds - and tracks his desperate struggle to have it launched into active service against Hitlers Luftwaffe. It arrived too late - but nonetheless transformed the future of aviation.
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