Talay Theodore A. Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight (NASA SP-367)

NASA, 1975. 204 p.This volume is a result of several semesters of the author's teaching of an introductory course in aerodynamics to apprentices and technicians at the NASA Langley Research Center. The problem faced was to provide more than a layman's treatment of the subject but not the detail as taught in many individual coutses on the college level. The result is a highly qualitative, illustratedset of notes which, through the teaching process, was modified to fulfill the objectives better.Foreword
A Short History of Flight
Background Information
The Atmosphere
Winds and Turbulence
The Airplane
Fluid Flow
The Fluid
The Flow
Ideal Fluid Flow
Real Fluid Flow
Subsonic Flow Effects
Airfoils and Wings
Aerodynamic Devices
Total Drag of Airplane
Propellers and Rotors
Transonic Flow
Supersonic Flow
The SST
Sonic Boom
Beyond The Supersonic
Hypersonic Flight
Lifting Bodies
Space Shuttle
Performance
Motions of an Airplane
Class Motion
Class Motion
Class Motion-Hovering Flight
Stability And Control
Stability
Control
Appendix A - Aeronautical Nomenclature
Appendix B - Dimensions and units
Appendix C - Coordinate Systems