Ashley, H., Engineering Analysis of Flight Vehicles, Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1974. This book has a simple, effective overview presentation of flight mechanics.
Etkin, B., Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1972.
McRuer, D., Ashkenas, I., and Graham, D., Aircraft Dynamics and Automatic Control, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1973.
Nelson, R. C., Flight Stability and Automatic Control, McGraw-Hill Co, New York, 1989.
Roskam, J., Airplane Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Controls, Parts I and II, published by DARcorporation, 120 East Ninth Street, Suite 2, Lawrence, KS, 66044, Phone: 1-800-327-7144.
Seckel, E., Stability and Control of Airplanes and Helicopters, Academic Press, New York, 1964. He started the practice of including bibliographies in control text books. His book contains an extraordinary bibliography list.
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