Publication: Air Power History Publication Date: 22-MAR-07 Delivery: Immediate Online Access Author: Davis, Robert J.
Article Excerpt Roaring Thunder: The Birth of the Jet Age [A Novel]. By Walter J. Boyne. New York: Forge (Tom Doherty Associates), 2006. Pp. 303. $24.95. ISBN: 0-76530843-6
Walter Boyne knows something about history, particularly aviation history. That comes as no surprise since he spent most of the 1980s as the Director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. And he is a retired Air Force colonel with over 5,000 hours in various aircraft. Then, there's the 40-plus non-fiction and nine fiction books dealing with various aspects...
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