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Validation Of Computational Flight Dynamics was the subject of the 62 nd Meeting of the Fluid Dynamics Panel. The Call-for-Papers was focused on a compilation of the State of Art of Validation of computer codes, to insure, that the mathematical and numerical schemes employed in the code model correctly the critical physics of the flow field. This ambitious aim was reached only to a degree by comparison of experimental and computational data. But at least some of the papers have attempted to validate computer codes by the use of recently developed Data Bases providing also detailed information on 3D-flow field characteristics. The reviewer summarizes the papers, comments on the overall program, and tries to identify existent gaps for future work. The ultimate goal of CFD development is a fully mature design and analysis capability, that is user friendly, cost effective, numerical accurate and fully verified by detailed experimental comparisons. CFD code validation is accomplished by detailed flow field comparison numerical solutions with experimental data to insure that the mathematical and numerical schemes employed in the code accurately model the critical physics of the flow field. The symposium will concentrate on the validation of computational methods. The objectives are to identify the level of agreement of physical models and numerical solution algorithms with experimental data; to identify regions of validity for given flow solvers; and to identify flow regimes where significant gaps exist and further work is warranted.