{"product_id":"jet-man-the-making-and-breaking-of-frank-whittle-genius-of-the-jet-revolution-1","title":"Duncan Campbell-Smith: Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution [2020] hardback","description":"The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. \u003cp\u003e'Wonderful' \u003cb\u003eDavid Edgerton, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating account' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAeroplane Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Casts new light on the intense, heroic character of Frank Whittle' \u003cb\u003eLeo McKinstry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'[A] thorough dissection of the evolution of the jet engine... I recommend this mighty tome unreservedly' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Aeronautical History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A long overdue corrective of an extraordinary man' \u003cb\u003eJames Hamilton-Paterson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A fine, deeply researched book' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilitary History Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping and insightful biography, Duncan Campbell-Smith charts Whittle's 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 Hitler's Luftwaffe. It arrived too late - but nonetheless transformed the future of aviation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campbell-Smith, Duncan","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44198756155682,"sku":"9781788544696","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/campbell-smith-duncan-duncan-campbell-smith-jet-man-the-making-and-breaking-of-frank-whittle-genius-of-the-jet-revolution-2020-hardback-9781788544696-58296930238803.jpg?v=1727462108","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/jet-man-the-making-and-breaking-of-frank-whittle-genius-of-the-jet-revolution-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}