Jet Man
The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. In 1929, a twenty-two-year-old maverick named Frank Whittle - a self-taught aeronautical obsessive and risk-takingly brilliant RAF pilot - presented a blueprint for a revolutionary, jet-powered aircraft engine to the Air Ministry. His idea had the potential to change the course of history, but it was summarily rejected.In this meticulously researched biography, Duncan Campbell-Smith charts Whittle's stoic efforts to build his jet engine in the interwar years, during which he was constantly frustrated to find his ground-breaking projec…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78854-468-9
- EAN: 9781788544689
- Produktnummer: 33615868
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 560 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 22'125 KB
Über den Autor
Duncan Campbell-Smith is a former Financial Times and Economist journalist whose career has also included working in the City, consulting with McKinsey & Co and a short stint in the world of corporate communications. His previous books include Struggle for Take-Off, A History of British Airways (1986). He won the Wadsworth Business History Prize for his authorised history of the Royal Mail, Masters of the Post (2011).
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