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I downloaded the some good books from http://www.e-publishing.af.mil

thanks for the links C J C

Is there an online source for "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators"?

If you dig a lot, you can come up with the Navy
Fixed Wing Performance Flight Test Manual.
I think it tops the Aerodynamics For Naval Aviators for page count
but most of it is geared more for flight testing and the last
section is a bunch of mission profiles. Uses nearly a ream of paper
if you make a hard copy.

You may also try for:
Olson, Aircraft Performance Flight Testing (AFFTC-TIH-99-01)
I think I found this from a link off of the Edwards web pages.

Another free source is selected notes and papers found on the
NASA/NACA pages. The information is there but some of the
notation is an older style and harder to follow if you are used
to the more modern texts. You'll have to do a lot of digging to
get the same information since many of the papers are very specific
to certain areas such as propellers. This is the only place I've ever
seen the math with a factor for biplanes.

I bought the book. Aerodynamics For Naval Aviators
will be generally easier to understand if you don't already have
a good foundation in aerodynamics.

Another easy book is:
Smith, The Illustrated Guide To Aerodynamics.
This one is geared more toward general aviation aircraft.