The art of flight

• Main Author: Watkinson, John, 1950- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics, Inc., [2016]
• Series: Library of flight.
• Subjects: Flight.; Aerodynamics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781523106462; 1523106468; 9781624103735; 1624103731; 9781624103728; 1624103723
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In this book, Author chronicles the disciplines and major technologies that allow heavier-than-air machines to take flight. He explains how airplanes actually fly via a qualitative understanding of the underlying process, rather than a heavy reliance on mathematics. After providing historical and te...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to flight
• Technical background
• Aerodynamics
• Propulsion
• Flight information
• Control
• Performance
• The propeller driven aircraft
• The helicopter
• Surface effect.