The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines
Sparkford, Somerset, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1995. Quarto, original green cloth, spine embossed with gilt lettering, 224 pp., illustrated throughout with numerous detailed black-and-white diagrams and drawings, some black-and-white photographs and tables included. Front and back endpapers have brown tape marks, title page has a small rust-coloured localised mark without loss of text, some pale rust-coloured water marks on edges of text block; otherwise a very good copy in a fine dust-jacket. First edition.
In the past, many inventors proposed various methods of jet propulsion. However, it was not until the persistence and ingenuity of Frank Whittle, a young RAF pilot, that the first jet engine was produced in the 1930s. Meanwhile, a rival development team worked out of Germany during the Second World War, developing the V1 and V2. Aviation expert, former Royal Air Force pilot and flying instructor Bill Gunston details the struggles and successes of these early developments in jet propulsion, and explains the differences between gas-turbine, jet, rocket, ramjet and helicopter turboshaft engines. Item #4904
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