《航空概论（英文版）》系统扼要地介绍航空科学技术*基础和*重要的知识，主要包括6部分内容：航空发展史、空气动力学基础、航空器飞行原理、航空发动机、航空器结构基础、航空仪表及导航等；《航空概论（英文版）》也介绍了航空器一些新的技术进展。
Chapter 1 Rich History
1.1 From Wheels to Stars
1.2 Myths and Legends
1.3 Early Scientific Research
1.4 Flight in Balloons
1.5 The Era of the Dirigible
1.6 Heavier—Than—Air Aircraft Development
1.7 Wright Brothers’Flyer I
1.8 The Adolescence of Airplane
1.9 The Golden Age of Aviation
1.10 Airplanes in the World War II
1.11 Jet Airplane
1.12 Advances in Aeronautics
Chapter 2 Basic Aerodynamics
2.1 The Atmosphere
2.2 Atmospheric Regions
2.3 Continuity Equation
2.4 Bernoulli’S Principle
2.5 About Viscous Flow
2.6 About Compressibility
2.7 Wind Tunnels
Chapter 3 AirfoilWing and Airplane
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Airfoil Lift
3.3 Wing Lift
3.4 Airplane Lift
3.5 High Lift Devices
3.6 Wing and Airplane Drag
3.7 Mach Number Effects
Chapter 4 Elements of Airplane Performance
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Equations of Motion
4.3 Drag Curves
4.4 Power Curves
4.5 Range and Endurance
4.6 Gliding Flight
4.7 Climbs
4.8 Takeoff and Landing
4.9 Turning Flight
4.10 V—n Diagram
Chapter 5 Airplanes’Stability and Control
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Coordinate System
5.3 Control Surfaces
5.4 Stability Definition
5.5 Longitudinal Control Analysis
5.6 Longitudinal Stability
5.7 Directional Stability and Control
5.8 Lateral Stability and Control
Chapter 6 Aircraft Propulsion
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Airplane Propellers
6.3 Piston Engines
6.4 Turbojet Engines
6.5 Afterburners
6.6 Turbofan Engines
6.7 Turboprop Engines
6.8 Turboshafl Engines
6.9 Ramjets
Chapter 7 Airplane Structure
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Mechanics Conception
7.3 An Airplane’S Loads
7.4 Structural Layout
7.5 Component Sizing
Chapter 8 Airplane Instruments
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Early Airplane Instruments
8.3 Instrument Classmcation
8.4 Typical Instruments
8.5 Navigation Conception
Appendix Classification of Aircraft
References
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