In a United States between World Wars, two men--Frank Bandfield, an idealistic flying wizard, and Bruno Hafner, a ruthless German World War I ace--vie for love, prizes, jobs, and glory in the exciting and often dangerous field of aviation...
"Enthralling...Boyne captures the gritty realities of combat and the proud adventures of America's struggle for air supremacy in World War II."
W.E.B. Griffith
From thrilling and intense combat to boardroom explosions and behind-the-scenes scan...
The names Wilbur and Orville Wright stand out in history as the inventors of the airplane, but lost in history are those who in the closing years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth shared the same passion: to develop th...
The story of the jet age of aviation revolves around remarkable geniuses--including Sir Frank Whittle, the British inventor of the jet engine; Hans von Ohain, a German jet engine designer who comes to work for the U.S.; famed aeronautical engineer Ke...
From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed of the famous SR-71 Blackbird, Supersonic Thunder is a portrait of the jet as it comes of age. Aviation genius is personified in famous engineers such as Kelly Johnson and Ben Rich and in test pi...
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 int...
A sweeping novel that encompasses Mexican American love affairs, White House involvement, drug use, cartel wars, modern weapons and the wisdom of a young lad with Aspergers....