Jump Jet Buchvorstellung

Wird ins Deutsche übersetzt…

This is the story of how one man flew free of digital limits. For an aircraft designer, taking your own concept from an idea to widespread, global operations is a rare achievement. Jump Jet tells the story of how Ralph Hooper did it with the Harrier, by side-stepping the emerging digital world. With the creation of jet aircraft, nuclear weapons, and digital computers in the 1940s, the design of fighter aircraft was transformed. The analytical approach to design, where optimization ruled, was created. The only problem was that, for one key type of aircraft, it did not work. Vertical take-off a…