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Informationen zum Autor Squadron Leader Swatton joined the Royal Air Force in 1952. He qualified as an instructor in 1961 and taught, among other subjects, the then new subject of Scheduled Performance for Group "A" aeroplanes at the Argosy Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) as one of his duties. He was posted to the Andover OCU in 1964 as the senior navigation instructor and examiner, where he continued teaching and examining aircrew in scheduled performance until 1975. Subsequently he completed tours at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough and at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down. His last tour of duty, before retiring from the Royal Air Force in 1988 was at the Empire Test Pilots School where he taught scheduled performance to trainee test pilots. In 36 years of service he amassed 7500 flying hours On retirement from the RAF he joined the instructional staff at the Professional Pilot Study Centre where one of his duties was to teach scheduled performance to the trainee pilots. Subsequently he and two of his fellow instructors started their own ground school, Ground Training Services (GTS), for private, commercial and airline pilots where he currently teaches aeroplane performance to the JAA syllabus. He is the aeroplane performance consultant for the CAA and updated the CAP 698 at the request of the CAA. Klappentext Aircraft Performance Theory and Practice for Pilots, 2nd Edition addresses both European aircraft performance requirements (CS-23 and CS-25) and the Joint Aviation Regulations Operations rules (JAR-OPS 1) and so provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of the complex conditions within which all European public transport aeroplanes must operate today.The subject of aircraft performance is an important part of the JAA Flight Crew Licensing syllabus for the examinations for commercial and airline transport licences, and this book provides a clear and authoritative text on a difficult topic.It will also be of interest to commercial pilots for their annual standardization test and to flight planners, operations staff and airport operators. Zusammenfassung Complete and up-to-date reference book and guide for pilots training for the JAA examination in aircraft performance Divided into 3 parts, explaining the aerodynamic theory for each phase of flight, scheduled performance theory, and the practical aspects of aeroplane performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgements xxvii List of Abbreviations xxix Weight and Mass xxxiii Introduction 1 Part 1 Aerodynamic Theory 5 1 Preliminaries 7 1.1 Air Density 7 1.2 Speeds 9 1.3 Engine Performance 10 Self-Assessment Exercise 1 17 2 Level Flight Aerodynamics 19 2.1 Stability 19 2.2 Angle of Attack and Pitch Angle 19 2.3 The Four Forces 21 2.4 Mass 21 2.5 Lift 22 2.6 Drag 24 2.7 Analysis of the Total Drag Curve 27 2.8 The Effect of the Variables on Drag 30 2.9 The CL v CD Polar Diagram 32 2.10 Analysis of the Lift/Drag Ratio 33 2.11 Thrust 34 2.12 Analysis of the Thrust Curves 34 2.13 The Effect of the Variables on Thrust 36 2.14 Power 40 2.15 Analysis of the Power Curves 40 2.16 The Effect of the Variables on Power 42 2.17 Summary 45 Self-Assessment Exercise 2 47 3 Take-off and Climb Aerodynamics 53 3.1 Take-off 53 3.2 The Effect of the Variables on Take-off 54 3.3 Climbing Flight 55 3.4 The Effect of the Variables on the Climb 56 3.5 Climb Gradient 56 3.6 Rate of Climb 63 3.7 Aircraft Ceiling 64 3.8 Climb Regimes 70 Self-Assessment Exercise 3 75 4 Cruise Control 83 4.1 Specific Air Range (SAR) 83 4.2 ...
