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.

Anderson covers new developments in flight, including unmanned aerial vehicles, uninhabited combat aerial vehicles, and applications of CFD in aircraft design. Many new and revised problems have been added in this edition. Chapter learning features help readers follow the text discussion while highlighting key engineering and industry applications....

Marblehead Neck is a thrilling drama of the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Based on actual events, it tells the story of the first U.S. warship to enter the Pacific Ocean to do battle with the British Whaling Fleet....