Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. "Introduction to Flight" blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective. Anderson covers new developments in flight, including unmanned aerial vehicles, uninhabited combat aerial vehicles, and applications of CFD in aircraft design. Many new and revised problems have been added in this edition. Chapter learning features help readers follow the text discussion while highlighting key engineering and industry applications.

Chapter 1: The First Aeronautical Engineers 
Chapter 2: Fundamental Thoughts 
Chapter 3: The Standard Atmosphere 
Chapter 4: Basic Aerodynamics 
Chapter 5: Airfoils, Wings, and Other Aerodynamics Shapes 
Chapter 6: Elements of Airplane Performance 
Chapter 7: Principles of Stability and Control 
Chapter 8: Space Flight (Astronautics) 
Chapter 9: Propulsion 
Chapter 10: Hypersonic Vehicles 
Appendix A Standard Atmosphere, SI Units 
Appendix B Standard Atmosphere, English Engineering Units 
Appendix C Symbols and Conversion Factors 
Appendix D Airfoil Data

John D. Anderson, Jr. is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air & Space Museum Smithsonian Institute and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.

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