Brandt presents students, academics, and professionals working in a variety of contexts with the third edition of his design oriented approach to introductory aeronautics. The author has organized the main body of his text in ten chapters devoted to design thinking, the operating environment, aerodynamics and airfoils,wings and airplanes, performance, stability and control, structures, sizing, conceptual aircraft design, and case studies and future design directions. Steven A. Brandt is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Air Force, a faculty member of the U.S. Air Force Academy, and an aircraft design leader for government agencies and private corporations. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)