The most exciting moment for an aeronautical engineer is when his or her design becomes a working aircraft, the endpoint of a journey that begins in the classroom. Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective shows students the methods and thought processes involved in designing aircraft. They learn by using specific analytical principles, practical examples, and case studies, with corresponding problems to solve. At the U.S. Air Force Academy, Chapters 1–6 are taught to the entire student body in a threesemester-hour course. Chapters 7–10 are taught to aeronautical engineering majors.

Third Edition New and Revised Material Includes

Designing for stealth

Shaping for supersonic cruise

Boundary-layer equations

Maximum trimmable lift coefficient

Drag curves

Kinetic theory of gases

High angle-of-attack aerodynamics

Analysis and sizing of electric and solar-powered aircraft

Flight test

Aircraft cost estimation

Aircraft mechanisms and kinematics

New examples and homework problems

The material in this textbook and the AeroDYNAMIC software (available for separate purchase at arc.aiaa.org) are sufficient to support a university-level course of three to six semester hours. AeroDYNAMIC provides a single integrated package with one universal user interface that allows access to virtual laboratories, simulations, and design synthesis and analysis software based on the methods presented in the text.