Airplane Performance, Stability and Control
By Courtland D. Perkins, Robert E. Hage
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 504
* Publication Date: 1949-01-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047168046X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471680468

Given that you understand differential calculus (not just Calculus 1), this is an excellent book for the professional and the serious amateur aircraft maker. This is a far better book than Perkin's second book on Stability and Control. That tome is both pompous and difficult to understand. Unlike his second book this book is written in a straightforward and very easy to understand manner. Therein lies the reason that this book has been a standard reference for 50 years.