Newly revised to include the most up-to-date information on aircraft gas turbine powerplants and updated coverage of jet engine technology. Extensive cross-reference between today aircraft and engines.
Airplane & Helicopter Aerdynamics! For the aviation professional who needs to expand his knowledge of flight theory. Explans the basics of airplane and helicopter aerodynamics.
This 4-color text provides an introduction to the history, theory, and inner workings of modern turbine engines. By R.E. Birch. 122 pages. ISBN# 0-88487-294-7.
Human Factors for General Aviation helps pilots analyze why accidents happen by covering such topics as how to identify cockpit design problems, how your eyes and ears gather information,
Mathematics and Physics for Aviation Personnel is a review of the basic physics principles and minimum mathematics required to solve simple problems related to aircraft maintenance, material factors and basic aerodynamics. The book presents a series of problems, the answers, and an explanation of how the answer was achieved.
From the preface: The performance of an airplane can be predicted with reasonable accuracy by deduction from the physical laws which apply. However, so many variables enter into an airplanes performance that it is impossible to predict exactly by analytical methods. Therefore, just as