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Good evening,
For something more recent I would also like to
recommend another book called "Airplane Stability and Control" by Larrabee and
Abzug. It is a technical, but fabulously engaging history of the
technologies that made controlled flight possible over the years. The
people who made the discoveries (including the equations of motion that
drive flight simulators which were formulated in 1912), the events of
the time and the pilots and test engineers who proved the theories. The
book just came out this Summer, make certain you get the SECOND edition.
It was reviewed by a friend of mine, and alot of the engineers I knew in Seattle
are included in the book.
It is also a good place to get an idea of the state
of the art in various aerodynamic and analysis subjects. Professor
Larrabee knew alot of the people in the book firsthand from a long and
illustrious career in aeronautics at MIT. He passed away shortly after the
book was released.
Here is the link to A1-techbooks.com where I got my
copy
Nickolas Hein
Morgantown WV
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