- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (Dec 6 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071363777
- ISBN-13: 978-0071363778
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.6 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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#494,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #66 in Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Aerospace > Aerodynamics
- #67 in Books > Engineering > Aerospace > Aerodynamics
- #86 in Books > Nonfiction > Transportation > Aviation > Commercial
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...they...develop different...intuitive way of thinking about how airplanes fly [and] delve into highspeed flight and aerodynamic testing. -- Flight Training, May, 2001
[The authors]...develop a different, more intuitive way of thinking about how airplanes fly...[and] delve into high-speed flight and aerodynamic testing. -- Flight Training, May 2001
[The authors]...develop a different, more intuitive way of thinking about how airplanes fly...[and] delve into high-speed flight and aerodynamic testing. -- Flight Training, May 2001
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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.
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A serious discussion of aeronautics requires a basic set of concepts and terminology. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
A serious discussion of aeronautics requires a basic set of concepts and terminology. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Gets the Job Done,
By Mike (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Understanding Flight (Paperback)
The authors want to give you "the SIMPLEST way to master an understanding of the science of flight". They do this without any real math to speak of, but their text, illustrations, and pictures very well convey the physical description of lift and other material that they strive to present to the reader. A good book for the layman, the beginning and/or more experienced pilot, but too basic for the engineer. There are typos that may confuse (as on page 24), but for the most part the authors have delivered on what you're looking for when you purchase the book.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Book editors must be in short supply.,
By Richard Treffers (Alamo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Understanding Flight (Paperback)
The authors' attempt at giving the reader a feel for the physics of flight is lost in a sea of laughably poor grammar and typographic errors.My favorite error is in Figure 2.10 which shows the 'Angel of Attack' of a wing. All I can think of is 'Cherubim with an attitude'.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Understanding Flight,
By Rich Hooper (Kingwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Understanding Flight (Paperback)
I teach aerodynamics at San Jacinto College in Houston and have been searching for a number of years for what I consider to be satisfactory textbook. "Understanding Flight" meets a college level criteria for the explanation of aerodynamic theories and concepts without the complicated math and geometry. The authors, David Anderson and Scott Eberhardt, have published some interesting papers over the net in the past. I was excited when I found that a book covering all phases of aerodynamics had been produced by the two. A new and refreshing approach to old subjects and misunderstood opinions filled the pages. I have read everything I could find in order to give my students the latest information available. These concepts and the methods used to explain them have not been addressed in a complete textbook up until now, at least to my knowledge. The fact that a physicist and a professor of aeronautics have delivered these principals and ideas in a texbook format lends a tremendous amount of credibility to their validity. I'm thrilled to be able to present these explanations in the classroom but every aviator should possess the understanding this book provides about what's going on about him or her each time they leave the ground.
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