Stinton D. Flying Qualities and Flight Testing of the Airplane 1996

Textbook in PDF format

This volume provides a simple guide on performance, handling qualities and "trouble-shooting". The book tells pilots, and all who are interested in the finer points of aeronautics, how to heed and diagnose what aircraft say, before attempting to put them right. The book is a companion to the author's "Anatomy of the Aeroplane" and "Design of the Aeroplane". It should be of interest to private and professional pilots, operators, test pilots and flying schools, design engineers, and for undergraduate aeronautical engineering students