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Author BiographiesSection 1 Introduction 1.0 IntroductionSection 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 LandingSection 3 Aircraft Structures 3.1 Materials 3.2 Structural Components 3.3 Airworthiness 3.4 Airframe Loads 3.5 Fatigue 3.6 Structural IdealizationSection 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 DesignSection 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 ModelsSection 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 CompatibilitySection 7 Rotorcraft 7.1 Introduction to Rotorcraft 7.2 Helicopter Dynamics 7.3 Helicopter Performance 7.4 Other Types of RotorcraftSection 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 SystemsSection 9 Airworthiness 9.1 The ICAO and the Civil Aviation Authorities 9.2 Airworthiness Requirements 9.3 Type Certification 9.4 Certificates of Airworthiness