(Sir Frank) Whittle: The True Story

I enjoyed this story of Whittle, but I felt that it was unfairly biased. There's no denying the trials and tribulations Whittle endured, and the opposition he overcame, to get his engine in the air. But the authors (Golley and Bill Gunston) have a tendency to paint everybody else as villains determined to stand in Whittle's way, undermine him, appropriate his inventions, and deny him any sort of success or recognition. It is essential to read other works on this critical period of aviation history in order to get a better sense of balance. Sir Stanley Hooker's “Not Much Of An Engineer” provided me with another perspective; and my son has directed me to other, less partisan works that I intend to read.