Introduction to Aircraft Performance, Selection and Design

A self-contained in-depth treatment of aircraft performance, designed for a first course in aeronautical or aerospace engineering for undergraduate engineers. Provides an understanding of why conventional aircraft look and fly the way they do. This well written text covers turbofan and turboprop propulsion, subjects often avoided in other texts. New to the text is the treatment of wind effects on aircraft. Includes illustrative examples and references to practical piloting procedures and the significance of parameters.

Francis J. Hale is a Professor of Mechanical &Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.He received his BS from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point,his SM in controls and instrumentation, and ScD in aeronautics andastronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology He isan Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics andAstronautics, a member of the Order of Daedalians, and holdsmemberships in many other professional and honor societies. Beforejoining North Carolina State University in 1965, Professor Hale hadan active career in the Army and Air Force where he worked inengineering, research, and development, tested aircraft weaponsystems, served as Deputy Director of the Thor and Minuteman WeaponSystems, and was a rated pilot.