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AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND GUIDED FLIGHT Toadsmoor Road, Stroud Illustrated. ISBN 978-1- Delay-Tolerant Satellite CONSTRUCTION GL5 2TB, UK. 2018. 239pp. 62410-513-5. Networks. J A Fraire et al. Thor: Anatomy of a Illustrated. £25. ISBN 978-1- Artech House, 16 Sussex Weapon System. 78155-374-9. Helicopter Boys: True Street, London SW1V 4RW, Cambridge Centennial of flight Anderson Jr. Anderson Dr. John D. Anderson, Jr. is currently The airplaneG has Goodchild.experienced phenomenal Fonthill Media Tales from Operators UK. 2018. x; 249pp. Illustrated. Curator for Aerodynamics at the National The Grand Designers advancement in the twentieth century, Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian changing at an exponential rate from the Institution, and Professor Emeritus at the Wright brothersLimited, to the present day. InStroud. this 2016. 192pp. of Civil and Military £119. ISBN 978-1-63081- University of Maryland. Dr. Anderson has The Evolution of the Airplane ground-breaking work based on new research, published eleven books including A History Dr. John D. Anderson, Jr., a curator at the of Aerodynamics (Cambridge University in the 20th Century National Illustrated.Air and Space Museum, analyzes the £20. ISBN 978-1- Rotorcraft. R Pike. Grub 344-4. K

Press, 1999). He is a member of the historical development of the conceptual Y National Academy of Engineering, an design process of the airplane. He aims to M

C honorary fellow of the American Institute answer the78155-568-2. question of whether airplane Street, 4 Rainham Close, of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a advancement has been driven by a parallel fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. advancement in the intellectual methodology Grand Designers Grand The

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John D. Anderson Jr. is an icon in the science and technology of aeronautics, and equally Anderson identifies and examines six case revered for his knowledge of the history of aeronautics, aircraft design, and the people who histories of grand designers in this field, and pioneered these fields. He combines this deep knowledge with the most accessible writing challengesaccount some of the preconceived notionsof the design 191pp. Illustrated. £20. ISBN style of any author I have read, explaining difficult concepts in such a way that the reader

DESIGNER of how the intellectual methodology of cannot fail to understand. Anyone with an interest in the history of flight will love this book. conceptual airplane design advanced. Filled – Michael D. Griffin, former Administrator, NASA (airframe, pneumatic/fuel/ with over one hundred illustrations which 978-1-910690-55-0. GRAND Pioneering historian of aeronautical engineering and technology, John D. Anderson, Jr. bring his words to life, Anderson unfolds the gives us an engaging and in-depth study of the methodology designers used to create high- lives and thoughts of these grand designers. THE

electrical/hydraulic systems, A compilation of the performance military and commercial aircraft from World War I to the Cold War. Anyone – seeking insight into the nature of conceptual design and its central role in the development of some of the most iconic aircraft in history will want to read The Grand Designers. guidance, warhead), launch real-life experiences of over – Jeremy R. Kinney, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution John D. Anderson, Jr. traces the exponential improvement in airplane design for over a emplacement, guidance control 14 civil and military helicopter century, following the Wright Brothers’ inaugural flight in 1903. He succinctly defines and codifies “The Seven Intellectual Pivot Points for Conceptual Design” that all aeronautical architects exhibit. The airplanes of Anderson’s selected Grand Designers fly because they and launch control area among pilots operating helicopters in were meant to, and the methodologies employed constitute a compelling book for general students and serious scholars alike. 9780521817875 ANDERSON – Evan Davies, Institute of Historical Survey, New Mexico other aspects of the Douglas the most extreme and testing Thor IRBM. environments. Front cover image: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Courtesy NASA. Back cover image: Octave Chanute’s biplane hang glider, 1896. Courtesy National Air and Space Museum Cambridge John D. Anderson, Jr. Jacket design by Alice Soloway Printed in the United States of America Centennial of flight British Secret Projects: SERVICE AVIATION Hypersonics, Ramjets and The Grand Designers: the Missiles. C Gibson and T Routledge Handbook of Evolution of the Airplane Buttler. Midland Publishing, Air Power. Edited by J A in the 20th Century. Hinckley. 2007. 208pp. The Man Who Built the Olsen. Routledge, Taylor & Cambridge Centennial of Illustrated. ISBN 978-1- Swordfish: the Life of Sir Francis Group, 2 Park Square, Flight series. J D Anderson. 85780-258-0. Richard Fairey. A Smith. I B Milton Park, Abingdon OX14 Cambridge University Press, A very detailed history of Tauris & Co Ltd, 6 Salem Road, 4RN, UK. 2018. xix; 405pp. Applied Orbit Perturbation University Printing House, the post-war development in London W2 4BU, UK. 2018. £175. ISBN 978-1-138- and Maintenance – Second Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge Britain of test vehicles, anti- xxii; 455pp. Illustrated. £25. 63260-8. edition. C-C Chao and F R CB2 8BS, UK. 2018. x; 306pp. tank/air-to-surface/stand-off ISBN 978-1-78831-336-0. Hoots. American Institute of Illustrated. £39.99. ISBN 978- guided weapons, missiles, Aces Falling: War Above Aeronautics and Astronautics, 0-521-81787-5. ramjets and hypersonic aircraft Loughton Air Park – the Trenches, 1918. P Hart. Reston, VA. 2017. Distributed The historical evolution project studies, illustrated Abridge Aerodrome. A Phoenix, London. 2008. xiii; by Transatlantic Publishers of the process of conceptual throughout with numerous Simpson. The Alderton Press, 402pp. Illustrated. ISBN 978- Group, 97 Greenham Road aircraft design during the 20th photographs and line Loughton. 2018. Available 0-7538-2407-8. London N10 1LN, UK. xviii; century is analysed through this arrangement diagrams. from Loughton & District The daily experiences of 411pp. Illustrated. £97. ISBN compilation of case studies of Historical Society, Forest life as a fighter pilot during 978-1-88498-927-8. the major contributions to the Hitler’s V-Weapon Sites. Villa, Staples Road, Loughton, the final year of WW1 are discipline made by Wilbur and P Henshall. Sutton Publishing Essex IG10 1HP, UK. 99pp. vividly recalled via the personal STRUCTURES AND Orville Wright, Frank Sowter Limited, Stroud. 2002. xvi; Illustrated. £6. ISBN 978-1- recollections of a number of MATERIALS Barnwell, Arthur Raymond 208pp. Illustrated. ISBN 905269-25-9. those who were involved. (Douglas DC-3), R J Mitchell 0-7509-260-74. A history of the short-lived Introduction to Composite (Supermarine Spitfire), Edgar A detailed account Essex civil airfield variously Chinese Air Power: Materials Design – Third Schmued (North American P-51 including site plans/diagrams known as Loughton Air Park, Current Organisation and edition. E J Barbero. CRC Mustang) and Kelly Johnson. and photographs of the German Loughton Aerodrome or Aircraft of the Chinese Press, Taylor & Francis Group, V1/V2/A9/A10 rocket launch Abridge Aerodrome which Air Forces. Y Gordon and 6000 Broken Sound Parkway Introduction to Aircraft sites during WW2. officially opened on 17 June D Komissarov. Midland NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, Design – Second edition. 1933 but was soon to fall into Publishing, Hersham. 2010. FL, 33487-2742, USA. 2018. J P Fielding. Cambridge Barnes Wallis’ Bombs: neglect and was closed by 400pp. Illustrated. ISBN 978- Distributed by Taylor & Francis University Press, University Tallboy, Dambuster and 1-857803-21-1. the Air Ministry on 25 January Group, 2 Park Square, Milton Printing House, Shaftesbury Grand Slam. S Flower. A very detailed analysis Park, Abingdon OX14 4RN, 1938. Road, Cambridge CB2 Tempus Publishing Limited, of the organisation, aircraft, UK. xxxv; 535pp. Illustrated. 8BS, UK. 2017. xv; 290pp. Stroud. 2004. 448pp. training and flight test £92. [20% discount available MATHEMATICS AND Illustrated. £49.99. ISBN 978- Illustrated. ISBN 0-7524- establishments within China to RAeS members via www. DYNAMICS 110-768079-1. 2987-6. of the Chinese People’s crcpress.com using AKQ07 A detailed history of the Liberation Army Air Force. promotion code]. ISBN 978-1- Engineering Mechanics: AVIATION MEDICINE development of the Upkeep 1381-9680-3. Problems and Solutions. A bouncing bomb used in the SPACE N Siddiquee et al. Cambridge The Problem with Pilots: famous Operation Chastise Structural Health University Press, University How Physicians, Engineers Dambusters raid, Highball, Ad Astra: an Illustrated Monitoring (SHM) in Printing House, Shaftesbury and Airpower Enthusiasts Tallboy and the Grand Slam Guide to Leaving the Aerospace Structures. Road, Cambridge CB2 Redefined Flight. ‘earthquake’ bomb designed by Planet. D Campbell. Simon Edited by F-G Yuan. Woodhead 8BS, UK. 2018. xii; 788pp. T P Schultz. Johns Hopkins Barnes Wallis. & Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, Publishing, Langford Lane, Illustrated. £69.99. ISBN 978- University Press, 2715 N 222 Gray’s Inn Road, London Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1-108-41162-2. Charles St, Baltimore, MD HISTORICAL WC1X 8HB, UK. 2017. 1GB, UK. 2016. xviii; 495pp. 21218-4363, USA. 2018. 256pp. Illustrated. £16.99. Illustrated. £199. ISBN 978-0- ROTORCRAFT Distributed by John Wiley and Auster: the Company and ISBN 978-1-4711-6405-7. 08-100148-6 Sons Limited, Chichester. xviii; the Aircraft. T Wenham Illustrated throughout with Introduction to Helicopter 244pp. Illustrated. £33.50. et al. Air-Britain Publishing, numerous colour photographs and Tiltrotor Flight ISBN 978-1-4214-2479-8. Air-Britain (Trading) Limited, and other diagrams, an Simulation – Second Unit 1A Munday Works, 58-66 informal anecdotal history of edition. M E Dreier. American GAS DYNAMICS Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent Man’s experiences in space, Institute of Aeronautics TN9 1RA, UK. 2018. xiv; describing what is required and Astronautics, Reston, Foundations of Gas 242pp. Illustrated. £39.95. to be an astronaut and where VA. 2018. Distributed by Dynamics. R-H Chen. ISBN 978-0-85130-508-0. future space travel may take For further information Transatlantic Publishers Group, Cambridge University Press, us. Includes interviews with 97 Greenham Road London contact the National University Printing House, History of the Gloster Apollo 15 Command Module N10 1LN, UK. Illustrated. Aerospace Library. Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge Javelin: the First All pilot Alfred M ‘Al’ Worden £107. [20% discount available T +44 (0)1252 701038 CB2 8BS, UK. 2017. 205pp. Weather British Fighter. and ESA Director General to RAeS members on request; or 701060 Illustrated. £89.99. ISBN 978- I Smith Watson. Fonthill Media Professor Johann-Dietrich ‘Jan’ E [email protected]]. 1-107-10630-7. Limited, Millview House, Woerner. E [email protected]

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