Contents
Preface to Twelfth Edition
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Mechanics
Chapter 2 Air and airflow – subsonic speeds
Chapter 3 Aerofoils – subsonic speeds
Chapter 4 Thrust
Chapter 5 Level flight
Chapter 6 Gliding, landing and low-speed flight
Chapter 7 Take-Off and Climb
Chapter 8 Manoeuvres
Chapter 9 Stability and control
Chapter 10 A trial flight
Chapter 11 Flight at transonic speeds
Chapter 12 Flight at supersonic speeds
Chapter 13 Space flight
Appendixes
1 Aerofoil data
2 Scale effect and Reynolds Number
3 Numerical questions
4 Answers to numerical questions
5 Answers to non-numerical questions
Index

About the Author

R. H. Barnard PhD, CEng, FRAeS; formerly Principal Lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire.

D. R. Philpott PhD, CEng, MRAeS; formerly Principal Aerodynamic Specialist at Raytheon Corporate Jets and Reader in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire.

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