{"product_id":"jet-man","title":"Jet Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Frank Whittle – RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315401924990,"sku":"NW9781788544702","price":10.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781788544702.jpg?v=1778699210","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/jet-man","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}