The Special Course on Fundamentals of fighter Aircraft was sponsored by the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel and the von Kàrmàn Institute and presented at the von K
This text traces the development of fighter plane design since World War I. Each chapter focuses on an aspect of fighter technology, chronologically tracing its
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"The main theme of the text is that the aircraft design process is a compromise of all the engineering disciplines. An effective design is the integration of ae
The aircraft is only a transport mechanism for the payload, and all design decisions must consider payload first. Simply stated, the aircraft is a dust cover. "