Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics

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Summary: Could be better
Review: As I read in another review, the quality of the book depends on what you need it for. Although it covers a breadth of topics, it is poor for learning from. There are misprints and not enough examples. It also annoyed me that the derivations weren't always worked out completely, sometimes introducing other variables without explaination. You'd have to have read and absorbed all the previous chapters to make those leaps on your own. There is a very good list of notations in the back, however, and the author is consistent with it which somewhat lessens this problem. A pet peeve from the book, however, is how the author assigns writing computer programs as problems, and then refers to those programs as derivations of other principles later in the book. For a better introduction on aeronautical principles, I recommend Anderson's text, which is an easy read and is very clear in its derivations.

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Summary: THE SECOND EDITION IS NO BETTER THAN THE FIRST
Review: I have both editions of this book. The first one was not so good; the second is still worse. It is the first edition with some few changes and many misprints. The introduction of some computer programs does not make this book an up-to-date one.
It is still an old book with just a colorfull cover.

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Summary: Not an easy read, but a good reference book;
Review: I plead that this not be used as text for any course, as it is a lousy teaching book. It lacks continuity and contains far to many typos. Does make a good desk ref, lots of real world data, but with an under used index individuals unfamiliar with the text might have a hard time finding what they are looking for.

Rating:
Summary: THE SECOND EDITION IS NO BETTER THAN THE FIRST
Review: We used this book for my Stability and Control class in UCLA and I have to say that almost all of my classmates hated it! It is full of mistakes and misprints, almost no examples and the very limited ones are hard to understand. You need a very strong back ground or a really good professor to understand this book. On the other hand, it was handy for Boeing 747 and Cherokee stats. Therefore I can not say "do not buy it" but at least look for a better one.