The simplest, most intuitive book on the toughest lessons of flight--addresses the science of flying in terms, explanations, and illustrations that make sense to those who most need to understand: those who fly. Debunks long-rooted misconceptions and offers a clear, minimal-math presentation that starts with how airplanes fly and goes on to clarify a diverse range of topics, such as design, propulsion, performance, high-speed flight, and flight testing. Not-to-be missed insights for pilots, instructors, flight students, aeronautical engineering students, and flight enthusiasts.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction 2. How Airplanes Fly 3. Wings 4. Airplane Propulsion 5. High-Speed Flight 6. Performance 7. Flight Testing 8. The Rest of the Airplane 9. Appendices
Get to the heart of how planes fly Never before has it been so easy to grasp how planes fly! Of keen importance to pilots, essential to engineers, and intriguing even to the earthbound, the principles of flight are often parroted but widely misunderstood. Now you can be among those who truly get it. The simplest way to master an understanding of the science of flight. This enlightening book helps you bypass common distortions, misconceptions, and half-truths and genuinely understand how aeronautics works. This book gives you brain- and gut-level understanding of what gets you up there and keeps you up there! *Explains flight in simple, intuitive terms *Spares you misinformation and confusion—this book gets it right and tells it right *100 high-impact illustrations show you lift, propulsion, and design at work *Provides practical insights pilots can use for improved performance and safety *Demonstrates the why’s and how’s of wing shape, plane construction, flight testing, and high-speed flight *Written by pilots (one a physicist and the other a professor of aeronautics) *Perfect for beginning pilots
Explaining (most of) aeronautics in simple, intuitive terms, Understanding Flight limits the mathematics and derives the most important relationships of aeronautics in a presentation that will draw the interest, appreciation and admiration of the aviation community. Key Features: * Provides keen grasp of physical flight * Explains diverse aspects such as wing design, propulsion, and high-speed flight * Tells how airplanes are constructed and perform
Table of contents:
1. Introduction 2. How Airplanes Fly 3. Wings 4. Airplane Propulsion 5. High-Speed Flight 6. Performance 7. Flight Testing 8. The Rest of the Airplane 9. Appendices
Get to the heart of how planes fly Never before has it been so easy to grasp how planes fly! Of keen importance to pilots, essential to engineers, and intriguing even to the earthbound, the principles of flight are often parroted but widely misunderstood. Now you can be among those who truly get it. The simplest way to master an understanding of the science of flight. This enlightening book helps you bypass common distortions, misconceptions, and half-truths and genuinely understand how aeronautics works. This book gives you brain- and gut-level understanding of what gets you up there and keeps you up there! *Explains flight in simple, intuitive terms *Spares you misinformation and confusion—this book gets it right and tells it right *100 high-impact illustrations show you lift, propulsion, and design at work *Provides practical insights pilots can use for improved performance and safety *Demonstrates the why’s and how’s of wing shape, plane construction, flight testing, and high-speed flight *Written by pilots (one a physicist and the other a professor of aeronautics) *Perfect for beginning pilots
Explaining (most of) aeronautics in simple, intuitive terms, Understanding Flight limits the mathematics and derives the most important relationships of aeronautics in a presentation that will draw the interest, appreciation and admiration of the aviation community. Key Features: * Provides keen grasp of physical flight * Explains diverse aspects such as wing design, propulsion, and high-speed flight * Tells how airplanes are constructed and perform