Performance
 

Im looking for information on performance in general, any links would be appreciated.

Butt

Butt,

Most of the books readily available are lightweight in the performance area and of very limited use. Those which are most of use are specialist and not available in the retail market.

If you can sidestep the maths, you might like to look at

(a) Aircraft Performance, Mair and Birdsall, Cambridge Aerospace Series, ISBN 0-521-36264-4 or 0-521-56836-6

(b) Theory of Flight, Von Mises, Dover, ISBN 0-486-60541-8.

Neither is directed at pilots and omit pilot useful data, but each is eminently readable.
Von Mises is quite ancient and of use more for background reading. No doubt you will find others around in the tech book shops.

Otherwise try an aero eng university library. You are likely to find such gems as Boeing's Performance Engineer Training Manual (otherwise known as Jet Transport Performance Methods - D6-1420), the AGARD Flight Test Manual, and other flight test training documentation, from ETPS, USNTPS and similar.

[This message has been edited by john_tullamarine (edited 25 June 2001).]

Not sure what level of info you're looking for but this ATPL study manual is very readable:-

"Aircraft Performance Theory for Pilots" by P. J. Swatton, published by Blackwell Science Ltd., available from all the usual pilot supplies companies.

ISBN 0-632-05569-3

another few background books ..

Handbook of Aircraft Performance
John Grover BSP Professional Books ISBN 0-632-02304-X

Flight Operations
Charles Owens Granada ISBN 0-246-11643-9

Flight Planning
G D P Worthington Pitman ISBN 273-42424-6

and for an ancient one in the post war era

The Performance of Civil Aircraft
F B Baker Pitman

.. the things one finds in the dusty corners of the bookshelf ...

Thanks for the info, those books sound like an interesting read.

Butt