Aerodynamics For Engineers

Professional Short Course

Course Brochure
January 2011 Update
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Fellow Aerospace Professional,
Thank you for your interest in White Eagle Aerospace! We are
pleased to present you with this brochure which describes our popular
Aerodynamics For Engineers (AFE) professional short course. AFE provides
you with a high‐quality training experience in the rudiments of applied
aerodynamics. In addition, AFE places a special emphasis on the history of
flight and the application of historical lessons‐learned.

Each AFE participant receives a text book, a bound set of course

lectures, and a CD‐ROM containing course notes, homework solutions, and
technical references.

I invite you to personally examine this brochure and learn more about
the Aerodynamics For Engineers (AFE) professional short course. Then visit
our web site at www.WhiteEagleAerospace.com or contact us by e‐mail or
telephone to determine the date and location of our next AFE offering.
Enroll today and let White Eagle Aerospace help Make Your Career Soar!

Best Regards,
John Terry White, President/CEO
White Eagle Aerospace, LLC
Training@WhiteEagleAerospace.com
520‐219‐0526 Office
520‐390‐9157 Mobile

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Target Audience
The Aerodynamics For Engineers (AFE) short course is intended for anyone
seeking instruction in basic aerodynamics principles and flow phenomena.
This knowledge and its application is essential to successful aerospace vehicle
design, analysis, and testing activities. Whether you are a practicing
engineer, technical analyst, test conductor, researcher, or program manager,
AFE will enhance your understanding of and help to improve your
competency in this key discipline. Among those who will greatly benefit from
attending the AFE short course are:

9 aerodynamics engineers
9 flight test engineers
9 airframe designers
9 launch vehicle designers
9 aircraft systems engineers
9 missile systems engineers
9 aircraft flight crew
9 operations research analysts
9 flight controls specialists
9 stability and control specialists
9 systems engineers
9 program managers

Questions Regarding the AFE Course?
Contact WEA at 520‐219‐0526 or Training@WhiteEagleAerospace.com 

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What You Will Learn
The Aerodynamics For Engineers (AFE) short course will provide you with a
comprehensive training experience in fundamental aerodynamics applicable
to flight ranging from subsonic to hypersonic speeds. You will learn how
aerodynamic forces and moments are generated for any flight vehicle at any
speed and any aerodynamic attitude. You will be introduced to the viscous
boundary layer, turbulence, and flow separation and how these phenomena
critically affect airfoil lift and drag characteristics. You will come to
understand the significance of Mach number, Reynolds number, and the
principle of Dynamic Similarity and the part they play in the field of wind
tunnel testing. You will learn the basics of aerodynamic heating and why
thermal effects drive the design of high‐speed flight vehicles such as aircraft,
missiles, and entry vehicles. You will also acquire simple equational tools to
make first‐order, real‐world aero calculations. AFE subject matter includes:

y The Atmosphere y Compressible Flow

y Fluid Properties y Conservation Laws
y Aero Forces and Moments y Mach Number
y Incompressible flow y Shock Waves
y The Boundary Layer y Expansion Waves
y Flow Separation y Airbreathing Propulsion
y Airfoils and Wings y Aerodynamic Heating
y Aerodynamic Lift y Reynolds Number
y Aerodynamic Drag y Planetary Entry
y Wind Tunnels y Aerospace History

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Aviation History
Much has transpired during the 100‐plus years of powered flight. We are
both the beneficiaries and stewards of the technological progress that
previous generations have bequeathed to us. However, the truth is that a
great many in today’s aerospace workforce have little knowledge of the key
people, events, and innovations that comprise the history of their own
profession. While we cannot live in the past, we must learn from it if we are
to be successful now and in the future. Further, like our predecessors, we
must protect and preserve this legacy knowledge for succeeding generations.
It is for these reasons that White Eagle Aerospace strongly emphasizes
aerospace history in the technical courses that it offers. This is done through
the mediums of special presentations, videos, and field trips. Aircraft
addressed in the Aerodynamics For Engineers course include:
9 Bell XS‐1
9 Bell X‐1A
9 Bell X‐2
9 D‐558‐II Skyrocket
9 F‐100 Super Sabre
9 F‐102 Delta Dagger
9 F‐104 Starfighter
9 F‐106 Delta Dart
9 B‐58 Hustler
9 North American X‐15
9 XB‐70 Valkyrie
9 SR‐71 Blackbird

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Your Instructor
John Terry White is your instructor for all Terry’s teaching credentials include 15
White Eagle Aerospace short courses. years on the faculty of the Aerospace
His 35 years of professional aerospace Department of the California State
engineering experience includes the Polytechnic University, Pomona and 15
NASA Space Shuttle, NASA X‐43A, and years as a technical instructor for
United States Navy STANDARD Missile Hughes, Raytheon, Society of Flight
Programs. During his extensive career, Test Engineers and WEA. Terry has
Terry has served on the engineering lectured extensively on the history of
technical staff of Rockwell International, flight for key technical organizations
General Dynamics Corporation, Hughes such as the USAF Test Pilot School,
Missile Systems Company, NASA Dryden NASA, AIAA, SETP, academia and
Flight Research Center, and Raytheon industry. He has also authored more
Missile Systems. He most recently than 180 technical papers on a variety
completed a 2‐year tour as manager of of aerodynamics and flight science
the Aerodynamics Department in the subjects. His professional affiliations
Guidance, Navigation and Control Center include the AIAA, SFTE, ITEA, NAA,
at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, SAE, AAHS, FTHF, and NSS.
Arizona. In this capacity, Terry was
responsible for all aerodynamics work
performed at the world’s largest tactical
missile producer. Terry is now President
and CEO of White Eagle Aerospace, LLC,
located in Oro Valley, Arizona. WEA is a
leading provider of consulting, training,
history of flight lectures, and technical
publications to the American aerospace
community.

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Key Information at a Glance

Duration 4 Days; 32 instructional hours

Text “Introduction to Flight”, 6th Edition

McGraw‐Hill Publishers, 2008.
John D. Anderson, Jr.  

Materials Lectures and Homework Solutions
in Bound Form and on CD‐ROM 

Instructor John Terry White, President/CEO
White Eagle Aerospace, LLC
Oro Valley, Arizona

Course Fee Single‐Seat; $1,600
Please  Contact Us For Group Pricing

Web Site www.WhiteEagleAerospace.com

Contact Info Training@WhiteEagleAerospace.com
520‐219‐0526

Enroll in Our Next AFE Offering Today!

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