Another word for aeronautics
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- Spectacular stunts, such as rolls and loops, performed in an airplane or glider or by groups of airplanes flying together.
- The act of flying; flight.
- The ability to fly.
- the science of soaring in a glider
- Skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating and operating an aircraft.
- The science of gases in equilibrium and of the equilibrium of balloons or aircraft under changing atmospheric flight conditions.
- The science of the motion and equilibrium of air and other gases, comprising aerodynamics and aerostatics.
- The dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.
- The study of the mechanical properties of air and other gases.
- Of or relating to aviation:
- Capable of or engaged in flight:
- Situated, extending, or functioning in the air:
- The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space.
- An instance of such motion.
- The distance covered in such motion:
- The operation of aircraft.
- The design, development, and production of aircraft.
- Military aircraft.
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