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'''Aeronautics''' is the
science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of
flight capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft. This includes a branch of aeronautics called
aerodynamics. Aerodynamics deals with the motion of air and the way it interacts with objects in motion, such as an aircraft. Both of these branches are a part of physical science.
Aviation, however, refers to the operation of heavier-than-air craft.
Early aeronautics
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Before scientific investigation of aeronautics started, people started thinking of ways to fly. In Greek legend,
Icarus (mythology) Icarus and his father
Daedalus built wings of feathers and flew out of a prison. Icarus went to close to the sun and fell. When people started to scientifically study how to fly, people began to understand the basics of air and aerodynamics. One of the earliest scientists to study aeronautics was
Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci studied the flight of birds in developing engineering schematics for some of the earliest flying machines in the late fifteenth century AD. His schematics, however, such as the
ornithopter ultimately failed as practical aircraft. The flapping machines that he designed were either too small to generate sufficient lift, or too heavy for a human to operate. Although the ornithopter continues to be of interest to hobbyists, it was replaced by the glider in the 19th century.
Sir George Cayley designed the first manned glider, the ''Coachman Carrier'', in 1853. Although unpowered, it successfully flew 130 meters across a valley in
Scarborough.
Modern aeronautics
Modern aeronautic research is primarily conducted by independent corporations and universities. There are also a number of government agencies that study aeronautics, including
NASA in the
United States and the
European Space Agency in
Europe.
Aeronautical engineering
Aeronotical engineering is an engineering area that covers research, design, manufacture and maintenance of products such as aircraft, missiles and space satellites.
It involes scientific topics of
Aerodynamics,
Materials,
Technology,
Fluid Mechanics and
Aircraft Structures.
See also
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Aviation
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Aircraft
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Aerospace Engineering
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Aerostat
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Astronautics
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Spacecraft
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Mechanics of fluids
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Aerodynamics
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Hydrodynamics
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Hydrostatics
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Aeronautical abbreviations
External link
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Aerospace courses at MIT OpenCourseWare
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