Product Description: 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 Kelly Johnson; the daring test pilot Tex Johnston, and many more--brilliant men who conceived these early extraordinary airplanes and had the courage to fly them to new horizons...read more

In a story that spans the twentieth century, airplane visionary Frank Buchanan and New York aristocrat Adrian Van Ness form a precarious alliance to further flight technology and find themselves in the thick of corrupt plane makers and politicians. Reprint.

The Clifton Works, manufacturers of airplane parts, had Army-Navy clearance for production. But treachery had crept into the plant -- parts were mysteriously defective, and trucks were hijacked. Then a strange woman eluded the guards to warn of sabotage. Was she telling the truth, or was she hysterical because her son was missing?

After helping suppress his brother Charlie's positive drug test from the airline that employs them both, lawyer Michael Ashmore must defend himself against a charge of reckless homicide when a plane piloted by Charlie crashes, killing all on board

Lee Gordon, a Black college graduate is unable to find work until he accepts the job as a union organizer at a west coast airplane factory during World War II