Flight Performance of Aircraft

Citation

(1998), "Flight Performance of Aircraft", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 70 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1998.12770fae.006

Flight Performance of Aircraft

Flight Performance of Aircraft

S.K. OjhaIndian Institute of TechnologyIndia516 pp.ISBN 1-56347-113-2£64.50

Keywords Aircraft, Publication, Flight performance

This important book describes the basic forces that dictate and decide the performance of an aircraft. This book will serve pilots and flight-test engineers who are seeking answers to the interesting and important questions of flight mechanics.

Flight Performance of Aircraft is an academic book that directly corresponds to real-life situations. This text presents performance analysis of almost all the phases of flight, including takeoff, climb, cruise, turn, descent, and landing. To enhance the reader's confidence in dealing with these topics and others, a list of problems is provided at the end of each chapter to encourage problem solving and theory comprehension. In addition, the book includes hundreds of figures, sketches, tables, charts and references that reinforce and complement the text.

ContentsAircraft, basic forces and performance; the atmosphere and flying weather; aerodynamic forces on aircraft; propulsive thrust by jet engines; propulsive power by piston-prop engines; altitudes, airspeeds, and wind speeds; gliding and unpowered flights; cruising flights of turbojet aircraft; optimization of cruising flights of turbojet aircraft; climbing flights of turbojet aircraft; turning flights of turbojet aircraft; cruising flights of piston-prop aircraft; optimization of cruising flights of piston-prop aircraft; climbing flights of piston-prop aircraft; coordinated turning flights of piston-prop aircraft; takeoff and landing performance; aerobatic maneuvers and flight boundaries; performance evaluation by flight tests; weather hazards and flying; weather observations, reports forecasts to flying; appendices.