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Old 03-26-2009, 01:42 PM
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They had us use these in college:

Low Speed Aerodynamics
Bertin: Aerodynamics for Engineers

High Speed Aerodynamics
John D. Anderson: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics

These are industrial strength aero books and you will not be able to make use of them without taking some courses to help make clear what they are talking about. If you do however, they will become your favorite books on the subject.

If you want a nice summary of the subject without the prickly math then Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators is what you need.

If you really do not have time for even that much, FAA has a shallow treatment of aerodynamics in its Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge . This is really as shallow as you can get, but at least it's considered more or less true as far as it goes.

Not to brag, but the professor I had for senior design in aerospace undergrad school co-authored part of the Bertin book. You are more willing to sweat the details when you actually know the author.
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