Hypersonic thunder

a novel of the jet age

by Walter J. Boyne

2009 352 pages eng

"The jet age began in 1939 with the brief hop of a secret German airplane. Seventy years later, the entire world depends upon the jet engine in every sphere - political, military, economic, and social. In Hypersonic Thunder, Walter Boyne weaves an intricate story of how the jet engine changed aerona…