Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.
Contents
What is aerospace engineering? -- How flight works -- Forces in action -- Balancing forces -- Activity -- Taking flight -- Working in aerospce -- Starting the design process -- Working with ideas -- Prototypes -- Better and better -- Design challenge: make a glider -- Getting into space.
Summary
Explains how flight works, looks at the history of human attempts at flight, and describes the different roles and responsibilities of aerospace engineers.