A while back I mentioned that I had read a really good book on the
principles of flight.  It's not a aeronautical engineering textbook, but
provides a great conceptual introduction to how flight thru air works based
on the underlying physics.  Equations are used to back up the intuitive
understanding, not the other way around.

Someone here asked me for the name of the book.  At the time it wasn't in
front of me and I couldn't answer.  When I remembered to look for it at
home, I found my son had apparently taken it to school with him.  I was
going to dig into it more, but then the person asking decided to get rude
and ask me again via private email.  I'll answer questions for free if/when
I feel like it with no obligation to explain my reasons to anyone.  Nobody
has any right to nag me for a answer.  As a result, I put no more effort
into finding the book's information.

I just got spam from Amazon (must have forgotten to disable that email
address after receiving the goods), which is where I apparently bought the
book.  They claim the title was "Understanding Flight, Second Edition".
Perhaps this will help those interested in a intuitive understanding of
flight track down this excellent book.  If someone posts a link to a picture
of the cover I can confirm it is the right book or not.


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