This best seller has been revised to target both the undergraduate and graduate level courses in flight mechanics and aircraft control. A new chapter has been added to the front of the book covering basic aerodynamics, aircraft configurations and static stability. These changes allow the book to be used for main stream undergraduate courses while maintaining coverage that made this book a staple at the graduate course level. To facilitate this dual usage, the undergraduate material is self-contained from the graduate material covered to allow use of basic and/or advanced materials. The authors have added computer calculations in Mat lab which is commonly used in industry.Table of Contents:List of ExamplesPrefaceThe Kinematics and Dynamics of Aircraft MotionIntroductionVector KinematicsMatrix Analysis of KinematicsGeodesy, Earth's Gravitation, Terrestrial NavigationRigid-Body DynamicsSummaryModeling the AircraftIntroductionBasic AerodynamicsAircraft Forces and MomentsStatic AnalysisThe Nonlinear Aircraft ModelLinear Models and the Stability DerivativesSummaryModeling, Design and Simulation ToolsIntroductionState-Space ModelsTransfer Function ModelsNumerical Solution of the State EquationsAircraft Models for SimulationSteady-State FlightNumerical LinearizationAircraft Dynamic BehaviorFeedback ControlSummaryAircraft Dynamics and Classical Control DesignIntroductionAircraft Rigid-Body ModesThe Handling-Qualities RequirementsStability AugmentationControl Augmentation SystemsAutopilotsNonlinear SimulationSummaryModern Design TechniquesIntroductionAssignment of Closed-Loop DynamicsLinear Quadratic Regulator with Output FeedbackTracking a CommandModifying the Performance IndexModel-Following DesignLinear Quadratic Design with Full State FeedbackDynamic Inversion DesignSummaryRobustness and Multivariable Frequency-Domain TechniquesIntroductionMultivariable Frequency-Domain AnalysisRobust Output-Feedback DesignObservers and the Kalman FilterLQG/Loop-Transfer RecoverySummaryDigital ControlIntroductionSimulation of Digital ControllersDiscretization of Continuous ControllersModified Continuous DesignImplementation ConsiderationsSummaryAppendix A ModelAppendix B SoftwareIndex