With your background in math, you might find the following discussion interesting:
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthr...689#post862689

My guess is that pilot oriented books will not make you happy.

Was using it to prepare some notes on Thursday when I found a mistake in it! The ISA model is completely wrong above above about 65,000ft.

Mind you, that's my 1987 edition, must see if the error is still in the latest.

G

Aircraft Flight by Barnard and Philpott. Published by Longman Scientific and Technical, ISBN 0-582-00338-5

By far the best IMHO. I don't know if it's appropriate for the JAR ATPL syllabus, but it was ideal for someone with a small brain doing his CFS A2 in 1993.

Update - a quick check on Amazon shows it's out of print, but they have some second hand copies staring at 63GBP. :eek:

My vote is for Aerodynamics For Naval Aviators (NAVWEPS 00-80T-80) by H. H. Hurt, Jr. I bought my copy from Sporty's Pilot Shop, but I've also seen it on mail order websites (Barnes & Noble and Amazon). Hope this helps.

"Flightwise Volume 1" by Chris Carpenter is an excellent book, in my opinion.

Mechanics of Flight by Kermode (which was revised by Barnard and Philpott) is excellent.

As is Handling the Bigs jets.

I bought Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators and didn't actually use it much, I also have the Anderson book from Uni and again that wasn't much use for the ATPL exams. Anderson's book is however fantastic for other lives and the naval book is OK too.

All you NEED for the ATPL is Mechanics of Flight and perhaps Handling the Big Jets with a tiny bit of supplemental stuff from the notes you have (even if they are terrible). Was helping someone with their Principles of Flight today and its not Anderson or Naval territory! I totally agree with question practice, its the best way to pass the exams, but not the best way to learn.

As for "Handling the Big Jets", which turboprops and jets did Mr. Davies fly?

Aerodynamics by L.J. Clancy, Pitman Aeronautical Engineering Series, ISBN 273-01120-0.
In my days considered as theoretical and solid. A must have.

Avarell