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1.		Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $15.30 Customer Review: Funny, the title is Stick and Rudder and yet the author spends half the book complaining that the stick should be restricted to prevent dangerous excessive elevator and rudders shouldn't exist because they are the major cause of crashes. The book was written in the 30's and focuses on tail... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Principles of Helicopter Flight from Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. Price: $12.95 Customer Review: I'm using this book as my primary flight instruction book for helicopter flying. It seems to cover the aerodynamics principles much better and in more depth than others I have read. If you are searching for a book with real world helicopter stories and applications/techniques for flying a... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Business: A Changing World from McGraw-Hill/Irwin Price: $17.79 Customer Review: Shipping was great, book was in great condition, almost new!!!! Will definitely go through them again!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics + Website (Space Technology) from Learning Solutions Price: $58.30 Customer Review: I own an earlier edition of this book, which I bought after a friend and Air Force Academy graduate let me borrow his. Unless you are already a guru in all things space-related, there is probably something useful in this book. It is a primer for the basics of orbit and attitude dynamics,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Understanding Flight, Second Edition from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $21.48 Customer Review: This book is the one for people with math phobia who want to learn why planes fly and why some have strange shapes. This book has flying wings and the curve ball, but mostly doesn't go into the equations behind the math like the equal area supersonic law. I liked... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Lockheed Blackbird Family: A-12, YF-12, D-21/M-21 & SR-71 Photo Scrapbook from Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers Price: $12.59	Click here for more information


7.		Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Books on Physics) from Dover Publications Price: $14.45 Customer Review: This is the bible for anyone interested in airfoils. You cannot do anything serious without it.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (Mcgraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering) from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $117.94 Customer Review: Faster delivery than I had thought. Faster than Amazon expected. Great book. I would buy from this vendor again.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition from Wiley-Interscience Price: $69.94 Customer Review: The product was what i asked for, so that is pleasing. The transaction was safe and reliable. Thank you	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy: The Simple Guide to Designing R/C Model Aircraft or Build Your Own Radio Control Flying Model Plane from RCadvisor.com Price: $17.95 Customer Review: VERY THEORITICAL WITH VERY FEW ILLUSTRATIONS TO ENABLE A BEGINNER LIKE ME TO DECIPHER AND CONVERT THE INFO INTO FRUITFUL ACTION....I AM VERY DOUBTFUL OF EVER PRODUCING A WORKING MODEL BASED ONLY ON THIS BOOK.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.	[no image]	Powerplant from Aviation Supplies & Academics Price: $55.04 Customer Review: This is a great series for a set of reference manuals, and the price is great as well. I have all the books and they are very handy for reading a bit to find some quick information that you may have forgotten; or even learning a little something that you never knew. They seem to be well-written and... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Introduction to Flight from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $64.78 Customer Review: I had very quick responses when I had questions regarding the textbook, and it also arrived in a timely manner.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Public Finance from McGraw-Hill/Irwin Price: $49.49 Customer Review: The book was just as described. It was in good condition. It was packaged well and it reached me on time. There is nothing more I could have asked for.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.	[no image]	Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $110.00 Customer Review: Item is what I wanted and it shipped quickly. The corners came bent though but not a huge issue	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Sail and Rig Tuning from Fernhurst Books Price: $14.53 Customer Review: There is nothing more frighten then a mast coming down at sea. Just the mere thought of it is enough to have a lot of cruising sailors pouring pockets full of money into the hands of riggers up and down the island chain. However rigging isn't that hard, heck I even know a couple guys who decided... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $24.54 Customer Review: If you want to build or just understand the dynamics of flight, including all the hard math but in an easy to read and understand format, then this book is a must have for your bookshelf. This book totally sucked me into it, not unlike a novel, it was that easy to read and understand. Whether... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Boundary-Layer Theory from Springer Price: $116.00 Customer Review: Good value - well worth the money. I also like the updated sections available in the Springer edition.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Aircraft Performance: Theory and Practice from Elsevier Price: $14.90	Click here for more information


19.		The Simple Science of Flight, Revised and Expanded Edition: From Insects to Jumbo Jets from The MIT Press Price: $13.54 Customer Review: There is detailed knowledge in this book, of necessity that means formulae and definitions of force , power, energy etc but if you want an accessible way of leaning about the nature of birds and aircraft and the physics that make them so different and so similar this is a short and excellent volume... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators (FAA Handbooks) from Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. Price: $28.90 Customer Review: My son, a pilot in the U.S. military and who this book was purchased for, really appreciates this book.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Model Aircraft Aerodynamics from Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc. Price: $12.94 Customer Review: Great book. I'd recommend it for anyone who is interested in designing their own RC aircraft. You don't need a PhD in aerospace engineering to understand the content and put it to good use.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Theory of Flight from Dover Publications Price: $14.02 Customer Review: I received 2 books and I paid for two as well. I only ordered one book. Need to mail back one book to your shop. Jacques J. huot	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Understanding Aircraft Structures from Sheridan House Inc Customer Review: I'm an aerospatial engineer,and I bought this book just because after 4 years of formulae at university I needed something with no formulae to read about what I studied and I found this book...i must say,it makes me feel part of the aircrafts world even if I'm still studing...it's perfect and also... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration (Aerospace Series (PEP)) from Wiley Price: $91.56 Customer Review: Firstly, this is a highly recommended book for Engineers or Engineering students who wishes to understand more about the modern aircraft systems. This book is relatively easy to read as it is more qualitative rather than more quantitative like most engineering textbooks which every pages are filled... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook: FAA-H-8083-1A (FAA Handbooks series) from Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. Price: $5.67 Customer Review: This is a good book to get a better understanding of weight and balance calculations and theories	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Aircraft Control and Simulation from Wiley-Interscience Price: $66.31 Customer Review: This book is quite good, but it is not perfect. There is 1 minor error and a very minor issue in the F-16 simulation with which I disagree. One thing it probably should emphasize more are servo rate limitations. Also, performance limitations of feedback loops are not discussed.more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Aeroelasticity (Dover Science Books) from Dover Publications Price: $21.58 Customer Review: This book is fantastic for expanding your knowledge on Aeroelasticity. It is true that it is certainly not modern, however the knowledge you can develop from the book is necessary for any proper understanding of an aeroelastic problem anyway. There is a good contrast between solution methods between... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Hypersonic! The Story of the North American X-15 from Specialty Press Price: $137.75 Customer Review: Since my chilhood I've been intrigued by the X-15 and all it's amazing feats, now at last we get a extensive and deep coverage of all the aspects, and persons involved in the program, book is a page turner, informartive, well made and ilustrated, a must have¡¡¡	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies (Dover Books on Engineering) from Dover Publications Price: $9.25 Customer Review: Just about everyone who considers a home built aircraft enters the domain with questions. While formal education isn't required, those who want to learn about designing will find this an excellent read for under 140 pages. This book will familiarize any inquisitive mind with facts about building... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics (Cambridge Aerospace Series) from Cambridge University Press Price: $109.42 Customer Review: As an aerospace engineer I have read many books on rotorcraft and I must admit that this is the most up to date and useful text on rotorcraft that I have had the pleasure to read. There are many aspects of the text that stand out, however the one I found most useful, especially as a graduate... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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