Aircraft Performance & Design

Mcgraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering

by John D. Anderson Jr.

Written by one of the most successful aerospace authors, this new book develops aircraft performance techniques from first principles and applies then to real airplanes. It also address a philosophy of, and techniques for aircraft design. By developing and discussing these two subjects in a single text, the author captures a degree of synergism not found in other texts. The book is written in a conversational style, a trademark of all of John Anderson's texts, to enhance the readers' understanding.

Genres: Engineering, Textbooks, Nonfiction

600 pages, Hardcover

First published December 5, 1998

About the author

John D. Anderson, Jr. (born October 1, 1937) is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Reviews

[Nathan Willkie · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWSOME

[Sara Rastakhiz]

It was a really helpful book!!! Like all other books written by anderson the way he talks with the reader .... I must say i learned more from this book than i learned from my own prof at university!