Dr. Jan Roskam holds the Dean E. Ackers Distinguished Professorship in Aerospace Engineering at The University
of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where he teaches airplane design, stability and control. He is the author of a
two-volume text called: Airplane Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Controls and an eight volume text called:
Airplane Design. He has co-authored (with Dr. C. Edward Lan) a text called: Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance.
These texts are currently used by educators and industry practitioners across the globe as both a textbook and
a key reference. In addition he has authored or co-authored over 160 papers, articles and technical reports.
Dr. Roskam has actively participated in more than 25 major airplane programs and is president of DARcorporation.
Dr. C. Edward Lan has authored two books on airplane aerodynamics and airplane performance. He is the author of
more than 100 papers on these topics and the co-author of Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance. He is the Warren
S. Bellows Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Kansas, where he teaches airplane
aerodynamics and performance, computational fluid dynamics, helicopter aerodynamics, aero elasticity and advanced
aerodynamics courses.
The design methodology used in the development of the Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) software program is based
on Airplane Design, Parts I - VIII, Airplane Flight Dynamics & Automatic Flight Controls, Parts I & II,
and Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance. AAA incorporates and coordinates the methods, statistical databases,
formulas, and relevant illustrations and drawings from these references.
Summary
This is the first book in a series of eight volumes on airplane design. The airplane design series has been
internationally acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the methodology and decision making involved in
the process of designing airplanes. Educators and industry practitioners across the globe rely on this compilation
as both a textbook and a key reference. Airplane Design Part I: Preliminary Sizing of Airplanes, familiarizes
the reader with the following fundamentals:
Estimating take-off gross weight, empty weight and mission fuel weight
Sensitivity studies and growth factors
Estimating wing area
Take-off thrust and maximum clean, take-off and landing lift
Sizing to stall speed, take-off distance, landing distance, climb, maneuvering and cruise speed requirements
Matching of all performance requirements via performance matching diagrams
