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Mike Tooley is a technical author and consultant. He was formerly Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England, where he was responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of several popular engineering and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC, GCE A-level and GCSE qualifications in Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, aviation, computing and electronic circuit design and construction.

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Author Biographies
Section 1 Introduction
1.0 Introduction
Section 2 Flight Performance
2.1 The Aircraft and its Environment
2.2 Weight
2.3 Aerodynamics
2.4 Engines
2.5 Rotorcraft
2.6 V/STOL
2.7 Flight Envelopes
2.8 Take-off and Landing
Section 3 Aircraft Structures
3.1 Materials
3.2 Structural Components
3.3 Airworthiness
3.4 Airframe Loads
3.5 Fatigue
3.6 Structural Idealization
Section 4 Flight Dynamics
4.1 Introduction to Flight Dynamics
4.2 System of Axes and Notation
4.3 Static Equilibrium and Trim
4.4 Longitudinal Dynamics
4.5 Lateral-Directional Dynamics
4.6 Two-Dimensional Wing Theory
4.7 Finite Wing Theory
4.8 Compressible Flow
4.9 Flow Control and Wing Design
Section 5 Aircraft Design Projects
5.1 Long-Range Business Jet
5.2 Military Trainer
5.3 High-Altitude Surveillance Vehicle
5.4 General Aviation Amphibian Aircraft
5.5 Aircraft Models
Section 6 Avionic Systems
6.1 VHF Communications
6.2 HF Communications
6.3 Aircraft Navigation
6.4 Automatic Direction Finder
6.5 VHF Omnidirectional Range
6.6 Distance Measuring Equipment
6.7 Flight Management Systems
6.8 Air Traffic Control System
6.9 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
6.10 Data Buses
6.11 Software
6.12 Flight-Deck Audio Systems
6.13 Emergency Location Systems
6.14 Electrostatic Sensitive Devices
6.15 Electromagnetic Compatibility
Section 7 Rotorcraft
7.1 Introduction to Rotorcraft
7.2 Helicopter Dynamics
7.3 Helicopter Performance
7.4 Other Types of Rotorcraft
Section 8 Space Vehicles and Rockets
8.1 Satellite Attitude Dynamics
8.2 Rocket Vehicle Dynamics
8.3 Low-Energy Transfers and Applications
8.4 Orbital Mechanics of Propellantless Propulsion Systems
Section 9 Airworthiness
9.1 The ICAO and the Civil Aviation Authorities
9.2 Airworthiness Requirements
9.3 Type Certification
9.4 Certificates of Airworthiness