Roskam's Airplane War Stories

by Dr. Jan Roskam (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1884885570

ISBN-10: 1884885578

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Roskam's Airplane War Stories, An Account of the Professional Life and Work of Dr. Jan Roskam, Airplane Designer and Teacher, represents an overview of Dr. Jan Roskam's life experiences as an airplane designer, a teacher and a sometimes pilot. The majority 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 have always enjoyed hearing Dr. Jan Roskam tell these great airplane stories that have not-so-great endings. By popular demand, Dr. Roskam has compiled these fascinating tales into the recently released book, "Roskam's Airplane War Stories". These "war stories" became Dr. Roskam's professional autobiography. He has recorded these along with personal memories and observations from various aircraft programs: 24 which made it into flight and 12 that never got beyond the drawing board. He also had the opportunity to pilot 38 different types of airplanes • Many pictures of these airplanes are included at the end of each chapter. During Jan Roskam's regular classes, as well as during his short courses, he illustrates the material with a large number of what he calls "war stories". Most of these stories directly involve certain airplanes.

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Dr. Jan Roskam has authored ten books on airplane flight dynamics and airplane design. He co-authored Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance with Dr. CT. Lan. He has written more than 160 papers on these topics and authored the popular Roskam's War Stories. He has actively participated in more than 36 major airplane programs. He retired as Ackers Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Kansas (KU) in 2003, where he taught airplane design, stability and control. Dr. Roskam retired as President of DARcorporation (Design, Analysis and Research Corporation) in 2004. He currently serves as an active consultant for DARcorporation, which develops and markets airplane design and analysis software, and is a successful private and government consulting firm.

Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: DARcorporation (June 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1884885578
ISBN-13: 978-1884885570
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.7 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,063,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #391 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Engineering > Aerospace > Aircraft Design & Construction
- #1007 in Books > Textbooks > Engineering > Aeronautical Engineering
- #1057 in Books > Science & Math > Physics > Mechanics

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Valuable for anyone involved in aviation, manufacturing or even the military

January 22, 2017

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The stories and personal oral history presented in this volume along with the "lesson learned" are valuable for anyone involved in aviation, manufacturing or even the military. The fact that they are entertaining to read is a great bonus. "War Story 15- Some professors are smarter than the student thinks" will be shared with my son who is currently a college freshman.
The career of Dr. Roskam covered multiple transitional technologies and ranged from the wood and fabric to the Avanti on the cover. His background of working within both the European and American aerospace industries makes this volume important in the sense that he provides a great history of the post WWII in general while relating his stories about the companies, personalities and airframes he was involved with over the years. Although some of the "lessons" may seem obvious (And part of day to day procedures.) to anyone involved in aviation for any period of time, reading a first hand account from someone who was there only reinforces them.
In summary: A nice primer for a engineering or STEM student, a entertaining refresher for any aerospace veteran.

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James

A/P Design Stories to Learn from & Apply

August 4, 2017

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Interesting and exciting to follow reasons for various aspects of a/p design and research. I recommend this for folks to learn why features of an airplane are the way they are and useful in beginning a search for problems that may arise in development or in service.

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April 11, 2017

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A good read, interesting stories
No doubt author has a great deal of experience, Roskam is known to all aeronutical students

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February 20, 2007

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This book is great if you have taken any of Jan Roskam's courses or know of Jan Roskam. Also, if you are a design engineer you will appreciate the content of this book.

I own the book and have taken Roskams courses at KU. Often in a lecture, Dr. Roskam would set the dry erase marker down and recant a personal experience or two that applied to the lesson. The stories contained in this book are the type of knowledge that is learned through real world experience, often in the company of reknowned aircraft designers or high profile aerospace giants.

The majority of the "War" stories contain some engineering humor or lessons learned by Jan Roskam in his celebrated Aerospace career. Many readers might find the book a little dry, but if you are an engineer or happen to have heard of Jan Roskam this will be amusing reading, especially compared to the volumes of Roskam Textbooks.

These "War Stories" are a good collection to preserve the legacy of Jan Roskam, an outstanding educator and one of the great minds of the aerospace industry in the late 20th century.

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