Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft Free Audiobook Download by Peter Westwick

With the world's military budgets growing exponentially, innovation and technology are critical to defeating enemies and protecting allies. In this audiobook, time-traveling journalist Peter Westwick explores a secret contest sponsored by DARPA that sought to create an invisible aircraft. At stake was $1 million as well as a major new defense contract.

The authors of Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft followed the public announcement of a $10 million prize from the Pentagon for inventing an invisible fighter plane with tremendous interest. They soon discovered a second contest, run by DARPA, that was offering a $2 million prize for invisibility technology and a third competition sponsored by the CIA for an "invisible" spy plane.

One afternoon in the fall of 1981, engineer John Baylab was riding high. His company had just won a major contract from the Pentagon and he was on his way to an aerospace trade show in Chicago. Partway through the trip, Baylab looked outside his car window and saw what appeared to be a familiar sight: two jets flying directly overhead.

The story of the contest to create an invisible aircraft begins before the war, and documents the efforts by British scientists to overcome the limitations of radar in order to produce a supersonic, stealth aircraft. Peter Westwick argues that "aeronautical invisibility" was successful in World War II because it worked better than their expectations. He goes on to argue that in today's world, technology has surpassed where aviation is heading towards becoming more invisible than ever before.

On the morning of May 12, 1942, some men were given a mission that would change aviation forever. The men were two engineers and an aeronautical designer with the US Army Air Forces. They were given the job of designing and building a new breed of aircraft that could fly invisibly in any type of weather.

"Who knew that the world of military aviation could be so exciting? With all of the hidden secrets and new information, Peter Westwick has done a wonderful job of creating a thriller of a spy novel. I was immediately drawn into the story and found myself immersed in this exciting world."