Originally Posted by
Genghis the Engineer
If you really want to understand the deeper aspects of flight testing, Darrol Stinton's "Flying qualities and flight testing of the aeroplane" is the best book ever written in English on fixed wing flight testing (and I suspect any other language). It's unfortunately out of print, but you can get copies secondhand and most fixed wing flight testers keep a copy on the shelf.
Having just looked up the second-hand prices the book commands I have just decided to take my copy off my bookshelf and build a secure safe to store it in...
