UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
 Instructional Staff 1951-52
 Thompson, R. A., Head; Hoover, J. W., Polovkas, V. G.
 AN. 301.-Aviation. 4 hours ground school, 3 hours flight. 3 credits. Pre-
requisites: PS. 205, appropriate medical and C.A.A. certificates and insurance
coverage. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 A laboratory course open only to aeronautical engineering majors who have not
had flight piloting experience. Theory of flight, elementary meteorology and navigation,
radio, civil air regulations, general service of aircraft, and actual flight instruction to
familiarize the student with actual flight problems and the performance of the air-
plane. This course leads to the Private Pilot certificate. This is an extra fee course,
the laboratory fee approximating $500.00. This course will be given in accordance with
C.A.A. Manual 50 for the Private Pilot.
 AN. 381.-Aerodynamics. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: EM. 365. Co-
requisites: EM. 366, ML. 385. The first half of the course AN. 381-382. Of-
fered 1.
 Properties of air; airfoil characteristics; drag calculations; engine-propeller charac-
teristics; performance calculation; stability calculations; aerodynamic problems.
N.A.C.A. Reports, Dwinnell, Principles of Aerodynamics.
 AN. 382.-Aerodynamics. 3 hours. 3 credits. The second half of the
course AN. 381-382. Offered 2.
Bonney, Supersonic Aerodynamics
 AN. 383.-Aeronautical Laboratory. 4 hours laboratory. 1 credit. Co-
requisite: AN. 381. Offered 1.
 Wind tunnel experimentation. Verification of aerodynamic theory. Experiments
on calibration; velocity survey, pressure distribution, force measurement, turbulence.
Methods and equipment used in aerodynamics research. Pope, Wind Tunnel Testing.
N.A.C.A. Reports.
 AN. 384.-Aeronautical Laboratory. 4 hours laboratory. 1 credit. Core-
quisite: AN. 382. Offered 2.
 The theory of aircraft instruments and their testing in the laboratory. Study and
practice of the technique of flight testing. Experiments on air speed calibration, free
air temperature calibration, rate of climb, stability, stall characteristics. Notes and man-
ufacturers reports: N.A.C.A. Reports; Hamlin, Flight Testing.
 AN. 385.-Aircraft Materials and Processes. 3 hours. 3 credits. Of-
fered 2.
 Aircraft materials, their physical properties, specifications and uses. A study of
special manufacturing processes used in the aircraft industry. Titterton, Aircraft Ma-
terials and Processes; Alcoa Handbooks.
 AN. 485.-Airplane Design. 2 hours and 3 hours laboratory. 3 credits.
Corequisites: AN. 381-382. The first half of the course AN. 485-486. Of-
fered 1.
 Aircraft Design Procedure, weight estimates, balance diagrams, cockpits, instru-
ments, cabins, power plants, wing design, landing gear, tail surface, control systems,
fuselage, stability. Teichman, Airplane Design Manual.
 AN. 486.-Airplane Design. 2 hours, and 3 hours laboratory. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: AN. 485. The second half of the course AN. 485-486. Of-
fered 2.
The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.