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

by John Golley

Bill Gunston (Editor)

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This is the story of a genius throttled by British government bureaucracy. On 12 April 1937, Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine, yet his company was nationalised and he was banned from engine production.
  • ISBN10 185310860X
  • ISBN13 9781853108600
  • Publish Date 13 August 1996
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 June 2009
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 332
  • Language English