Aircraft Design
A Conceptual Approach,
Fourth Edition
German Development
of the Swept Wing
1935–1945
Eleven Seconds
into the Unknown
A History of the
Hyper-X Program
Hans Ulrich-Meier The first detailed description of how the original idea of the swept wing was developed into the reality that enabled high-speed flight. 2010, 766 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-60086-714-9 $89.95 Jack Connors
Daniel P. Raymer Winner of the Summerfield Book Award and winner of the Aviation-Space Writers Association Award of Excellence, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach is one of AIAA’s top-selling textbook titles. This highly regarded textbook presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design in the same manner seen in industry aircraft design groups. Interesting and easy to read, the book has more than 800 pages of design methods, illustrations, tips, explanations, and equations, and extensive appendices with key data essential to design. 2006, 4th Edition, 869 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-56347-829-1 $104.95
Skycrane
Igor Sikorsky’s Last Vision
John A. McKenna
The Skycrane was the last creation of aircraft
design pioneer Igor Sikorsky. The full Skycrane
story, however, has never been told. Until now.
2010, 136 pages, Paperback,
ISBN: 978-1-60086-756-9
A central theme of the Hyper-X story is how
numerous commercial and governmental
organizations each with their own culture,
experience, and traditions, became a unified
team working toward a common goal of
hypersonic flight. Eleven Seconds into the
Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program
will appeal to anyone interested in high-speed
flight, aerospace history, the organization and
management of technological projects, and the
future of spaceflight.
2011, 360 pages, Paperback,
ISBN: 978-1-60086-776-7
$39.95
The Engines of
Pratt & Whitney
A Technical History
The Engines of Pratt & Whitney: A Technical
History describes the evolution from piston
engines to gas turbines by the engineers who
created those engines. Included are hundreds
of archival photographs, as well as over a dozen
tables listing specifications and applications.
2010, 529 pages, Hardback,
ISBN: 978-1-60086-711-8
$49.95
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