SUMMARYA description is given of a method capable of automatically forming e cient, high-quality hybrid meshes for viscous ow calculations over complete aircraft, given engineers' requirements on mesh density and ÿrst cell-height. Mixed quadrilateral=triangular surface grids are constructed using the moving-front approach, with point placement and connection optimized to ensure high-quality, anisotropic panels are generated. The volume mesh is built in two stages. A near ÿeld mesh is formed using the advancinglayer approach, signiÿcantly enhanced through the use of mesh enriching=collapsing techniques and layer-intersection detection=front-termination algorithms. The remainder of the domain is then covered by a cut-cell Cartesian mesh of varying density that conforms to the outer-surface of the near ÿeld mesh. Examples of meshes generated using the described methods are presented and the user-input discussed.