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Traditionally, most American innovations/patents have come from entrepreneurs working alone.In Britain, Sir Frank Whittle was essentially a mad scientist working almost alone with only limited financial backing from a few civilian investors. It was only after Whittle proved the basic concept that big-money interests like Rolls Royce and the Royal Air Force got involved.So back to the original question: write a scenario where an American civilian like Garret gets significant R&D money during the Great Depression of the 1930s?????To match this new engine technology, built the first generation jet engines as turboprops and bolt them to existing airframes. The greatly increased horsepower will boost top speeds and allow engineers to incrementally learn about high speed compressibility.Note that jet engines cruise most efficiently in the the thin air of the stratosphere ... up at B-29 cruising altitudes, so all of Garrett's earlier work with cabin super-chargers would pay off two-fold.
Traditionally, most American innovations/patents have come from entrepreneurs working alone.
In Britain, Sir Frank Whittle was essentially a mad scientist working almost alone with only limited financial backing from a few civilian investors. It was only after Whittle proved the basic concept that big-money interests like Rolls Royce and the Royal Air Force got involved.
So back to the original question: write a scenario where an American civilian like Garret gets significant R&D money during the Great Depression of the 1930s?????
To match this new engine technology, built the first generation jet engines as turboprops and bolt them to existing airframes. The greatly increased horsepower will boost top speeds and allow engineers to incrementally learn about high speed compressibility.
Note that jet engines cruise most efficiently in the the thin air of the stratosphere ... up at B-29 cruising altitudes, so all of Garrett's earlier work with cabin super-chargers would pay off two-fold.
