Roskam's Airplane War Stories: An Account of the Professional Life and Work of Dr. Jan Roskam, Airplane Designer and Teacher

This book represents an overview of Dr. Jan Roskam's life experiences as an airplane designer, a teacher and sometimes pilot. Dr. Roskam has been very fortunate to have been involved in more that 36 aircraft programs, 24 of which made it into flight and 12 of which never got beyond the "drawing board". He also had the opportunity to pilot 38 different types of airplanes. During Jan Roskam's regular classes, as well as during his short courses, he illustrates the material wigh a large number of what he calls "war stories". Most of these stories are based on actual events that happened in the design and development of aircraft programs, many of which (but not all) he was associated with. Students enjoyed hearing these war stories and kept asking Dr. Roskam to record them in a separate book. The "war stories" became his professional autobiography. Many pictures of these airplanes are included at the end of each chapter. Dr. Jan Roskam has authored eleven textbooks on airplane flight dynamics and airplane design. He is the author of more that 160 papers on these topics. He is the Ackers Distingushed Professor of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Kansa, where he teaches airplane design, stability and control. He has actively participated in more that 36 major airplane programs. Dr. Roskam is president of DARcorporation (Design, Analysis and Research Corporation), which develops and markets airplane design and analysis software, and is a successful private and government consulting firm.Jan Roskam is the author of 'Roskam's Airplane War Stories: An Account of the Professional Life and Work of Dr. Jan Roskam, Airplane Designer and Teacher', published 2002 under ISBN 9781884885570 and ISBN 1884885578.