INTRODUCTORY
 
 

Shevell, Richard S., "Fundamentals of Flight". Second Edition,  Prentice-Hall, 1989.

Tennekes, "The Simple Science of Flight". M.I.T. Press

Anderson, J.D., "Introduction to Flight", McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978.
 

STANDARDS

Anon., "The International System of Units (SI)", NIST Special Publication 330, 1991 Edition, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, 1991.

Ames Research Staff, "Equations, Tables and Charts for Compressible Flow". NACA Report 1135, 1953.

Minzner, R.A., Champion, K.S.W., Pond, H.L., "The ARDC Model Atmosphere", AF CRC-TR-50-267, 1959.

Abbott, Ira H., and von Doenhof, Albert E.,   "Theory of Wing Sections"  Dover Books, New York 1959.
Hoerner, S.F., "Fluid-Dynamic Drag". Hoerner Fluid Dynamics, Brick Town, N.J., 1965.

United States Federal Air Regulations
United States Air Force specification
 

THEORY & METHODS: classic texts

Ashley, H., Landahl, "Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies". TL574.A.74.  Dover, New York, 1965.

Bruhn, E.F., "Analysis and Design of Aircraft Structures". Trisate, 1965.

Gessow, Alfred, and Myers, Garry C.Jr., "Aerodynamics of the Helicopter", Macmillan, New York, 1952.

Lamb, H., "Hydrodynamics". 6th Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1932. Dover reprint, New York, 1945.

Landau, L.D., Lifshitz, E.M., "Fluid Mechanics". Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1959.

Liepmann, Hans Wolfgang,  Puckett, Allen E., "Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid". Wiley, New York, 1979.

Millikan, Clark B., "Aerodynamics of the Airplane", Wiley, New York, 1941.

Munk, M., "Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics for Aircraft Designers". 1st Ed., Ronald Press, New York, 1929.

Perry, D.J., "Aircraft Structures". McGraw-Hill, 1950.

Perkins, C.D., Hage, R.E., "Airplane Performance, Stability and Control", Wiley, New York, 1949.

Prandtl, L., "Airfoil Theory, Parts I and II". Nachr. Ges. Wiss., Gottingen, 1919.

Prandtl, L., "Applications of Modern Hydrodynamics to Aeronautics", NACA Report 116, 1921.

Prandtl, L., Tietjens, O.G., "Applied Hydro- and Aerodynamics". 1st Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1934.

Wood, K.D., "Aerospace Vehicle Design". Vol 1: Aircraft Design,  Vol. 2: Spacecraft Design. TL 671.2.W5973,  Johnson, Boulder, 1964.
Glauert, H., "Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory". Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1937.
Goldstein, S., "Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics". TL500.G55, Dover, New York, 1965.
Whitcomb, R.T., "A Study of the Zero-Lift Drag-Rise Characteristics of Wing-Body Combinations Near the Speed of Sound", NACA TR 1273, 1956.

AERODYNAMICS

Kuethe, Arnold M., Chow, Chuen-Yen, "Foundations of Aerodynamics", Wiley, New York, 1976.
Bertin, John J., Smith, Michael, L., "Aerodynamics for Engineers", Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1979.
Katz, A., "Subsonic Airplane Performance". ISBN 1-56091-522-6, SAE Publications, Warrendale, PA, 1994.
Schrenk, O., "A Simple Approximation Method for Obtaining the Spanwise Lift Distribution". NACA TM1910, 1940.
Anderson, J.D., "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics". McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984.
McCormick, Barnes W., "Aerodynamics, Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics". Wiley, New York, 1979.

Propulsion
Sutton, George P., and Ross, Donald M., "Rocket Propulsion Elements". Wiley, New York, 1976.