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What is aeronautics?

What is aeronautics?

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L. Gibson

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Answered Feb 10, 2021

Aeronautics is the study that deals with the design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects. The word “aeronautics” has Greek roots. It was derived from the combination of “air” and “navigation,” which simply means navigating aircraft, but over the years, the field has expanded to include the business and technology that are related to the aircraft.

The four important areas in aeronautics include aerodynamics, material & structure, propulsion, stability, and control. Aeronautics is also divided into three major branches. These are aeronautical engineering, aviation, and aeronautical science.

Aeronautical engineering deals with the design and manufacturing of aircraft and other flying objects. Aviation deals with the operating and flying of aircraft, and finally, aeronautical science is the study that deals with the techniques and dynamics of operating an aircraft.

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G. Deacon

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G. Deacon, Civil Engineer, B.E(Bachelor of Engineering), Trenton, New Jersey

Answered Dec 11, 2019

Aeronautics is the study of art and science, which deals with the manufacturing and design of the airplane, and also the techniques of operation. Aeronautics is quite different from aviation. Aeronautics has to with the in and out designing of aircraft. This depicts that the shape a plane takes, and its mode of operation are all determined by an aeronautics engineer. It does not deal with only the physical structure but also the operational performance of the aircraft.

Aeronautics can also be said to be the engineering that is involved in maintaining, servicing, and repairing of the airplane. Aeronautics plays a major role in the existence and performance of the airways. Aeronautics can be said to be the root of air transportation, either planes or rockets. In fact, I will say other fields in the airway planning depend on aeronautics for proper functioning. It also deals with the study of air motion and its effect on objects in the air.

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E. James

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Answered Dec 04, 2019

Aeronautics is the study of the science of flight. It deals with the theory and practice of aircraft navigation.

Aeronautics refers to the design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects.

Aeronautics is further divided into three main branches. These include Aeronautical science, aeronautical engineering, and aviation.

Aeronautical science is the practical theory of aeronautics. It covers the navigation, operations, safety, and human factors involved in aeronautics.
Aeronautical engineering involves the design and construction of airplanes and aerodynamics. It also involves how aircraft are powered and controlled for safety purposes.

Aviation deals with the practice and the art of aeronautics. This covers the flying and operation of aircraft.

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Bergeront Tiffney

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Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer, M. Tech, Southeast Montgomery

Answered Jan 22, 2019

Clouds never cease to mindlessly do it after they materialize out of thin air. Birds have been instinctually doing it with artful grace and ease since first a bird spread its wings. People have been mindfully doing it with oft-remarkable grace and improving ease for over a century. It is termed aeronautics: the science or practice of moving through the air.

Clouds never cease to mindlessly do it after they materialize out of thin air. Birds have been


The air that surrounds the Earth is known as our planet’s atmosphere, which has a mass of 5.1 x 1018 kg. Without our atmosphere, no living thing would be able to breathe, which means that there would be no life on Earth. Without aeronautics, no thing and no one would be able to relocate itself or spread its existence to the near or the far, which means that there would be no life on Earth.

Clouds never cease to mindlessly do it after they materialize out of thin air. Birds have been

Even trees that do not move require movement of the air to spread their seeds, either directly or indirectly through bird droppings. Simply put: aeronautics makes life on Earth possible, just as surely liquid water on Earth makes life possible.

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David Syfert

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Answered Jan 11, 2019

Clouds never cease to mindlessly do it after they materialize out of thin air. Birds have been instinctually doing it with artful grace and ease since first a bird spread its wings. People have been mindfully doing it with oft-remarkable grace and improving ease for over a century. It is termed aeronautics: the science or practice of moving through the air. The air that surrounds the Earth is known as our planet’s atmosphere, which has a mass of 5.1 x 1018 kg.

Clouds never cease to mindlessly do it after they materialize out of thin air. Birds have been

Without our atmosphere, no living thing would be able to breathe, which means that there would be no life on Earth. Without aeronautics, no thing and no one would be able to relocate itself or spread its existence to the near or the far, which means that there would be no life on Earth. Even trees that do not move require movement of the air to spread their seeds, either directly or indirectly through bird droppings. Simply put: aeronautics makes life on Earth possible, just as surely liquid water on Earth makes life possible.

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