Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine - Softcover

Golley, John

 
9781907472008: Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine

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Jet In 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine. In May 1941 the engine took to the air in an experimental Gloster-Whittle aircraft, but despite the RAF's desperate need for air supremacy over her enemies, little support was forthcoming from the military establishment. It was the enthusiasm of the American General 'Hap' Arnold that took the ne... Full description

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