The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World
November 1, 2010Who were the titans, engineers, and test pilots racing to deliver the world’s first transatlantic passenger jet? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Sam Howe Verhovek, author of the new book “Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World” (Penguin, 2010).