Published by Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, General Aviation Aircraft Design is unique because it focuses exclusively on aircraft that carry fewer than 19 passengers (FAR Part 23 category). Unlike military or commercial transport design books, Gudmundsson addresses the specific constraints of GA:
Unlike purely theoretical textbooks, Gudmundsson’s work follows a "story-like" narrative that blends mathematical derivations with real-world engineering "cautionary tales" and industry data. The book is structured in an accessible "equation/derivation/solved example"
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