-, "The Vulcan Story," Flight, Jan. 31, 1958, pp.142-150. Good description of the design development by Roy Chadwick. Design, history, construction and development from delta to "Flying Wing" Vulcan B-2.
John T. Kutney and Stanley P. Piszkin, "Reduction of Drag Rise on the Convair 990 Airplane," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 1, No. 1, January-February 1964, pp. 8-12.
F.A. Cleveland and R.D. Gilson, "Development Highlights of the C-141 Starlifter," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 2, No. 4, July-Aug. 1965. pp. 278-287. A good overview.
G.H. Lee, "Aerodynamic Considerations of a Medium Mach Business Aeroplane," SAE Paper 670244, April 1967. An excellent discussion of the design decisions made in the design of the H.P. 137 Jetstream. Descendants of this design are in widespread use as commuter aircraft today.
Irving T. Waaland and E.J. Curtis, "Gulfstream II Aerodynamic Design," SAE Paper 670242, April 1967. The design description written by the project aerodynamicist, who was awarded the AIAA design award for his contribution to the B-2.
John H. Paterson, "Aerodynamic Design Features of the C-5A," SAE Paper 670847, Oct. 1967.
Olle Klinker and Erik Dahlstrom, "Saab Viggen and Its First Flight Test Phase," Annual Report of the Society of Experimental Flight Test Pilots, SETP Technical Review, Vol. 9. No. 2, Sept. 1968, pp. 33-63. Some good data, and includes paper discussion at the meeting, where the first question was by Burt Rutan while he still worked for the Air Force.
D.M. McRae, "The aerodynamic development of the wing of the A300B," Aeronautical Journal, July 1973, pp. 367-379.
J. K. Buckner, P. W. Hill, and David Benepe, "Aerodynamic Design Evolution of the YF-16," AIAA Paper No. 74-935, August 1974.
John Patierno, "YF-17 Design Concepts," AIAA Paper 74-936, Aug. 1974.
Harry E. Rifenbark and Richard D. Highet, "F-15 Design Considerations," AGARD CP 147, June 1974.
Robert J. Patton, "The B-1 Bomber-Concept to Hardware," AGARD CP-147, June 1974.
James Perry Stevenson, Grumman F-14 "Tomcat," Aero Series Vol. 25, Aero Publishers, Inc., Fallbrook, CA. A good description of the aircraft and selection process.
James Perry Stevenson, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Aero Series Vol. 28, Aero Publishers, Inc., Fallbrook, CA. 1978. Good description of design process and lots of details on final product.
R. Kress, "Variable Sweep Wing Design," AIAA Paper No. 80-3043, included in AIAA "Evolution of Aircraft Wing Design Symposium," March 1980. F-14 based, but covers other aircraft and the general problems of swing wing aircraft.
T.C. McMurtry, A.G. Sim, and W.H. Andrews, "AD-1 Oblique Wing Aircraft Program," AIAA Paper 81-2354, Nov. 1981. This describes the flight test and handling qualities results of this small demonstrator. In the summer of 1992 this airplane was outside the visitor's center at NASA Ames.
Dennis R. Jenkins, Grumman EA-6A Intruder, EA-6B Prowler, Aerofax Minigraph 7, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX.
James J. Foody, "Design, Development and Management of the Saab-Fairchild 340 Program," ICAS-84-2.5.1, 1984.
Rene Francillon, McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B, Aerofax Minigraph 2, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1984.
Kevin Keaveney, McDonnell F-101B/F, Aerofax Minigraph 5, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1984.
Jay Miller, McDonnell RF-4 Variants, Aerofax Minigraph 13, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1984.
Jim Sullivan, F-8 Crusader in Action, squadron/signal publications Aircraft Number 70, Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1985. This is a good description of the development of this airplane, including the Mach 3 (actually 2.9) F8U-3 Crusader III.
Rene Francillon and Kevin Keaveney, Lockheed F-94 Starfire, Aerofax Minigraph 14, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1986.
Rene Francillon, Dassault Mirage F1, Aerofax Minigraph 17, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1986.
Don Logan and Jay Miller, Rockwell International B-1A/B, Aerofax Minigraph 24, Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX, 1986.
Nick Williams and Steve Ginter, Douglas F4D Skyray, Navy Fighters Series, S. Ginter, Warfield Cir., Simi Valley, CA 93063, 1986.
A. Titiriga and B. Hunt, "F-20 Evolution," AIAA Paper 86-2612, October 1986.
Robert F. Dorr, Rene Francillon and Jay Miller, Saab J35 Draken, Aerofax Minigraph 12, Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX, 1987.
Kevin Keaveney, Republic F-84 (Swept-wing Variants), Aerofax Minigraph 15, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1987.
Tim McGovern, McDonnell F-4E Phantom II, Aerofax Minigraph 20, Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX, 1987.
Roger Chesneau, Skyhawk: Mcdonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk, Aeroguide 14, Linewrights, Ltd., Essex, England, 1988. Very nice history and pictures. Limited hard data.
Patrick K. Talty and Donald J. Caughlin, "F-16XL Demonstrates New Capabilities in Flight Test at Edwards Air Force Base," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 25, No. 3 March 1988, pp. 206-215.
Rene Francillon and Mick Roth, Douglas B-66 Destroyer, Aerofax Minigraph 19, 1988. Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX.
Jay Miller, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, Aerofax Minigraph 25, 1988. Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX.
A.R. Rudnicki, Jr., and J.W. Maynor, Jr., "YA-7F - A Twenty Year Economic Life Extension And Costs," AIAA Paper 88-4460, 1988.
anon., "Piaggio Avanti, Beech Starship Offer Differing Performance Characteristics," Aviation Week & Space Tech., Oct. 2, 1989, pp. 75-78.
Al Adcock, F-14 Tomcat in action, squadron/signal publications Aircraft Number 105, Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1990.
H. Andrews, R. Murphy and I. Wilken, "The North American Rockwell XFV- 12A-Reflections and Some Lessons," AIAA Paper 90-3240, September 1990.
Andy Sun, F-117A Stealth Fighter, Concord Publications, Hong Kong, 1990. This is essentially all photographs.
Jay Miller, Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter, Aerofax Extra, Aerofax, TX, 1991. Includes a lot of general stealth information.
Bert Kinzey, F-111 Aardvark, TAB Books Inc., Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1991.
Jay Miller, MIG-29 Fulcrum, Aerofax Extra 2, Aerofax Inc., Arlington, TX.
Dennis R. Jenkins and Jay Miller, Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker, Aerofax Extra 3, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX, 1991.
Mike Spick, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18, Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1991.
Gordon Swanborough, "STARSHIP ... bright newcomer in a conservative firmament," Air International, April 1991. Includes cutaway.
Karl E. Modin, "Aerodynamic Design Evolution of the Saab JAS 39 Grippen Aircraft, " AIAA Paper 91-3195, Sept. 1991. Especially good aft tail-canard tradeoff.
Lou Drendel, Intruder, sqaudron/signal publications, 1991, Carrollton, TX. This book contains the text of a talk Larry Mead gave to the LI Section AIAA on the design.
Jon Lake, ed., McDonnell F-4 Phantom, Spirit of the Skies, Aerospace Publishing, London, 1992 (published for World Airpower Journal). Exhaustive description of the history of the development of various versions of the F-4. As much detail as available anywhere.
Michael R. Mendenhall, Daniel J. Lesieutre, C. Helen Whittaker, Robert E. Curry and Bryan Moulton, "Aerodynamic Analysis of Pegasus TM-Computations vs Reality," AIAA Paper No. 93-0520, January 1993. Story of a design flown on the basis of calculations alone, without wind tunnel testing!
Ray Whitford, "Hawk to Goshawk: Navalising a Land-Based Trainer Aircraft," AIAA Paper No. 93-1174, February 1993.
David M. North, "Single-Pilot Citationjet Primed for Competition," Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 3, 1993, pp. 38-42.
J. Leland Atwood, "Origin and Evolution of the Mustang," Friends Journal, Quarterly by the US Air Force Museum Foundation, Vol. 16, No.1, Spring 1993. This is the story by one of the key players. especially interesting discussion of low cost manufacturing techniques.
Richard D. Lidh, "The F-117A 'Nighthawk'," Weight Engineering, Spring 1993, pp. 31-33. This is one of the first articles by a member of the team that developed the design. Brief, but presumably accurate.
Gerald Balzer and Mike Dario, Northrop F-89 Scorpion, Aerofax Datagraph 8, Aerofax, Inc., Arlington, TX 76006, 1993.
Donald J. Porter, The Cessna Citations, TAB Books, 1993. This is a good survey that concentrates on the technical aspects of the entire line of Cessna jets. If you want to understand the Citation series, this is the book to start with.
Dennis R. Jenkins, B-1 Lancer The Most Complicated Warplane Ever Developed, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000. This is another volume in the Walter J. Boyne Military Aircraft Series. This book updates the previous information, bringing the story up to date.
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