description: Published March 2004 Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. Introduction to Flight blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective.New content includes coverage the last days of the Concorde and the centennial of the Wright Brothers’ flight; the Mariner and Voyager 2 missions; geometric and geopotential altitudes; and uninhabited aerial vehicles [UAVs]. Preview Boxes, new to this edition, provide students with a snapshot of what they are to learn in each chapter.
language: English
title: Introduction to Flight
titlecomplete: Introduction to Flight (McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering)
genres: Engineering, Reference, Technology, Science, Nonfiction, Physics, Aviation, Technical, Textbooks, History
ratings_count: 274
series: Mcgraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering, Mcgraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math