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Flight Dynamics Principles, 2nd Edition
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Flight Dynamics Principles, 2nd Edition

by Michael V. Cook
February 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
488 pages
17h 21m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
Content preview from Flight Dynamics Principles, 2nd Edition
Prelims-H6927.tex 11/7/2007 11: 13 Page ix
Preface to the first edition
When I joined the staff of the College of Aeronautics some years ago I was presented
with a well worn collection of lecture notes and invited to teach Aircraft Stability and
Control to postgraduate students. Inspection of the notes revealed the unmistakable
signs that their roots reached back to the work of W.J. Duncan, which is perhaps not
surprising since Duncan was the first Professor of Aerodynamics at Cranfield some
50 years ago. It is undoubtedly a privilege and, at first, was very daunting to be given
the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of such a distinguished academic. ...
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ISBN: 9780750669276