Abstract:
The field of aerospace is multi-disciplinary and wide-ranging, covering a large variety of products,
disciplines, and domains, not merely in engineering but in many related supporting activities. These
combine to enable the aerospace industry to produce innovative and technologically advanced
vehicles. The wealth of knowledge and experience that has been gained by expert practitioners
in the various aerospace fields needs to be passed on to others working in the industry and also to
researchers, teachers, and students in universities.
The Aerospace Series aims to be a practical, topical, and relevant series of books aimed at people
working in the aerospace industry, including engineering professionals and operators, engineers
in academia, and allied professionals such commercial and legal executives. The topics are
wide-ranging, covering design and development, manufacture, operation and support of aircraft,
and topics such as infrastructure operations and current advances in research and technology.
The design of future aircraft will depend not only on a deep understanding of the fundamental
scientific disciplines that provide the foundations for aerospace engineering, but also on the test
techniques that enable verification and validation of novel designs.
This book, Introduction to Aerospace Engineering with a Flight Test Perspective, provides a
comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of aerodynamics, propulsion, performance, and
stability and control, as required for the design of fixed-wing aircraft. It is a welcome addition to
the Wiley Aerospace Series, complementing many of the other books in the Series. Of particular
note is the inclusion of various ground and flight testing techniques that relate to the various
sections of the book, an area that is rarely documented in textbooks.
