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- aeronautics \A`["e]r*o*naut"ics\, n. The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; a["e]rial navigation; ballooning. [1913 Webster] Aerophobia
- aeronautics n 1: the theory and practice of navigation through air or space [syn: aeronautics, astronautics]
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NASA Aeronautics: Making Ideas Fly
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- Published: 27 Jun 2010
- Updated: 30 Jun 2012
airboyd.tv Courtesy NASA "In the beginning, two men shared the sky with birds. Now we all can." Follow aeronautics from the Wright Brothers today with this music video.
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aeronautical engineering
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- Published: 07 Mar 2010
- Updated: 06 Jun 2012
Aeronautical Engineering Officer Ben Nicholls discusses his role in the Air Force, which includes maintaining the serviceability of aircraft and overseeing ground safety for his unit, pre approved cash advance personal loan cash now .. pre.approved.cash.advance.personal.loan.prepprovedloanpreapproved.info
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Aviation Infrastructure for the 21st Century NASA Aeronautics Design CC
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- Published: 18 Jul 2009
- Updated: 30 Jun 2012
Great classic plane livery shots. Close Captioned. This NASA segment focuses on the importance of air travel in todays society. Currently, over 600 million people travel on airplanes and it is expected that over a billion people will use air transportation in the near future. Attention is turning to ways to improve what is an already crowded transportation system. A unique government and commercial plan develops the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NGATS. The Joint Planning Development Office (JPDO) is designing a multi-stage approach to not only handle an increase in the large number of passengers, but minimize air and noise pollution.
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NASA Langley Aeronautics
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- Published: 03 Feb 2010
- Updated: 13 Jun 2012
NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. has been at the forefront of aviation research since it was established as the United States' first civilian aeronautics laboratory in 1917. Engineers today are working to develop technologies to make airplanes faster, quieter, safer, greener and more efficient.
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The School of Aeronautics Video
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- Duration: 4:39
- Published: 27 Oct 2009
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
Burton D. Morgan School of Aeronautics is a world-class aviation academy with a state-of-the-art training facility, offering the programs and training necessary to enter the aviation industry.
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Aeronautical Oddities Part 1 of 2
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- Duration: 9:00
- Published: 19 Oct 2008
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
Old planes from the 1940's the flew and did not fly.
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Aeronautics at NASA Ames
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- Duration: 2:23
- Published: 04 Oct 2010
- Updated: 26 May 2012
In business and in our personal lives, the aviation industry is a key enabler to our way of life and the smooth functioning of our economy. NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is looking for new ideas, conducting basic research into new technologies and operational procedures, and trying out new vehicle, operations, and safety technologies in relevant environments. Produced in June, 2010, this video was created for "The Leading Edge," a one hour television program on NASA TV that explored the future of aviation in the United States. NASA Centers with a legacy in aeronautics research were asked to put together a highlights video detailing their contributions to NASA's rich history in aero research. This is a brief look at the contributions made by the NASA Ames Research Center.
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UW Aeronautics & Astronautics: 2011 Aircraft Design UAV -- Flight Test #1
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- Published: 08 Sep 2011
- Updated: 14 Feb 2012
The 2011 UAV, the N+3 Strut-braced Single-aisle Aircraft (NSSA), took its first test flight Sept. 5, 2011 piloted by Chuck Bower. It was a fantastic success, having performed a taxi test first, and using up a minimal amount of battery charge the team went ahead to do a short flight before swapping batteries. After a few laps around the field, the UAV made a successful landing. Data was collected, batteries were swapped and a second flight was made, shown in the other video. UW A&A Aircraft Design is taught by Professor Eli Livne, assisted by Chet Nelson (among others). The test took place at the Naval Outlying Field - Coupeville. The challenge this year was to design a N+3 high aspect ratio strut braced airliner concept, to provide efficient transportation for our future.
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Aeronautics Department Recruiting Video, Andrews University
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- Published: 22 Feb 2007
- Updated: 16 Apr 2012
Recruiting Video for the Andrews University Aeronautics Department located in Berrien Springs, MI. Listen to students and staff talk about the program and the joy of flying.
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Just the Job Video - Aeronautical Engineer
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- Published: 18 May 2011
- Updated: 29 Jun 2012
Find out what it takes to be an aeronautical engineer.
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Aeronautical Oddities Part 2 of 2
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- Published: 19 Oct 2008
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
1940's "Aircraft" ?
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Urban Aeronautics AirMule hovering
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- Published: 03 Jul 2011
- Updated: 27 Jun 2012
Israel's Urban Aeronautics has released video showing its AirMule ducted-rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aicraft hovering during development testing. The AirMule has fore and aft ducted rotors with vanes above and below the rotors that provide flight control in vertical and forward flight. Ducted fans at the rear will provude forward thrust. The AirMule is designed to operated in confined spaces, such as streets, where a helicopter's exposed rotors would be a safety risk. Proposed missions include unmanned casualty evacuation.
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Aeronautical Decision Making: Safer Skies Aviation Training Series
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- Duration: 55:22
- Published: 26 Jan 2010
- Updated: 30 Jun 2012
Courtesy FAA www.faasteamreps.com This video introduces the Perceive, Process, Perform and Evaluate model for aeronautical decision-making.
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2009 RC AERONAUTIC PAGEANT 1
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- Published: 04 Nov 2009
- Updated: 29 Apr 2012
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The Aeronautics Test Program at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
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- Published: 15 Nov 2011
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
www.aeronautics.nasa.gov ATP offers government agencies, corporations and institutions the total package— unmatched basic and applied research and experimental opportunities that reflect four generations of accumulated aerospace skill and experience. ATP is built upon a nationwide team of highly trained and skilled staff whose backgrounds and education encompass every aspect of aerospace testing and engineering. Looking to the future, ATP continues to develop and implement a facility investment and divestment plan to fully support the current and long-term missions of NASA, the Department of Defense and American industry.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Corporate video
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- Published: 16 Oct 2009
- Updated: 06 Jun 2012
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Aeronautics Dominator II UAV
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- Duration: 3:07
- Published: 28 Oct 2009
- Updated: 29 Mar 2012
Israeli firm Aeronautics has posted this video of its Dominator II medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aircraft, which it says is the first UAV to be based on a manned aircraft with full civil certification - in this case Diamond Aircraft's DA-42 TwinStar. First flown in July 2009, the 2000kg-class UAV has an endurance of 28 hours carrying a 400kg payload at speeds up to 190kt and altitudes up to 30000ft. The aircraft is powered by a pair of turbo-diesel engines.
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VYMANIKA SHASTRA - Ancient Indian Aeronautics, Antigravity machine
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- Published: 01 Mar 2011
- Updated: 28 Jun 2012
This is about the Ancient Indian Vimana or the flying machine. A scientist named Dr. Talpade made and flew an unmanned aircraft using ancient Indian technology re-discovered from the ancient books by scholar - Pandit Shri Subbaraya Shastri and conveyed to Dr.Talpade, built and flew on Chowpati beach in Mumbai, India in 1895, excatly 8 years before Wright brothers invented Aeroplane. The technology used by ancient indians are depicted in early scripts and legendary books like "Ramayana" describing the power of flights. The sanskrit book written by Maharishi Bharadwaja depicts full construction of Vimana or the Flight, the metal construction, design, body, even construction of the furnace used to make the metal which inturn is used to make the body of the aircraft. It also gives good idea about the pilot, dresses, and even food. It clearly shows different kinds of aircrafts which existed. The book was translated to English by Mr. Josyer and then by Mr. David Hatcher Childress and was one of the books which has everything clearly mentioned in detail about the drawings, construction of an air craft which used Free energy or Anti Gravity to run. The speed was approx- 40000 Km .hr. The un manned air craft flew about 1500ft from the ground and came back. The result of the experiment was Mr. Talpade was jailed. Shri Subbaraya shastri was jailed. Maharaja (King) who funded the experiment was threatened by the British people who were ruling the country to withdraw the efforts. The <b>...</b>
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The Leading Edge: NASA Aeronautics
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- Duration: 60:21
- Published: 04 Sep 2009
- Updated: 01 May 2012
Increased air traffic requires a new system-wide technology that can support the volume of operations projected for the 21st century. This new satellite-based technology is "Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast," or ADS-B. Join host Beth Dickey, NASA's Dr. Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, and a panel of industry and government experts who'll talk about the United Parcel Service field test, NASA's contribution to the implementation of ADS-B, the significant improvements it can make to air transportation safety and efficiency, and the challenges of phasing it into a complex system that never sleeps.
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NASA EDGE - Future of Aeronautics (part 1 of 3)
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- Published: 03 Sep 2010
- Updated: 26 May 2012
Chris interviews Karen Taminger, Associate Principal Investigator of the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project at NASA Langley Research Center. Karen explains NASA's goals of designing lighter, stronger, more aerodynamic, and more efficient commercial aircraft for the future. Get an inside look at NASA Langley's famous Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, used to test the models of these futuristic airplanes.
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Dr. Paul Czysz, Professor of Aeronautical Engineering 2/4
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- Published: 25 Dec 2007
- Updated: 04 Jun 2012
Dr. Paul Czysz is a Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Parks College in St. Louis. He spent 8 years in the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and another 30 years working for McDonnell-Douglas in the field of exotic technologies. While at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he was involved in tracking UFOs over Missouri, Ohio, and Michigan. These UFOs were seen my many people: military, local police, and civilians, and were clocked at speeds around 20000 MPH as they performed unusual, silent maneuvers. Dr. Czysz spent more than half his career at McDonnell-Douglas working on classified and compartmentalized projects, and testifies to the processes involved in maintaining secrecy on these projects. He warns against the human tendency to make every new technology into a weapon, pointing out that our weaponization of space does not address the threat of Earth terrorists, and the idea of using these weapons against extraterrestrial targets would be suicidal.
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Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
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- Published: 15 Jul 2009
- Updated: 20 May 2012
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Brockville Model Aeronautics Club
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- Published: 27 May 2010
- Updated: 09 Jan 2012
Flying at the Brockville RC flying club
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Aeronautics (from Greek ὰήρ āēr which means "air" and ναυτική nautikē which means "navigation, Airmanship", i.e. "navigation of the air") is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of airflight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft and rocketry within the atmosphere. While the term—literally meaning "sailing the air"—originally referred solely to the science of operating the aircraft,it has since been expanded to include technology, business and other aspects related to aircraft.[1]
One of the significant parts in aeronautics is a branch of physical science called aerodynamics, which deals with the motion of air and the way that it interacts with objects in motion, such as an aircraft. The term "aviation" is sometimes used interchangeably with aeronautics, although "aeronautics" includes lighter-than-air craft such as airships, and includes ballistic vehicles while "aviation" does not.[1]
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Early aeronautics[link]
The first mention of aeronautics in history was in the writings of ancient Egyptians who described the flight of birds. It also finds mention in ancient China where people were flying kites thousands of years ago. The medieval Islamic scientists were not far behind, as they understood the actual mechanism of bird flight. Before scientific investigation of aeronautics started, people started thinking of ways to fly. In a Greek legend, Icarus and his father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax and flew out of a prison. Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax melted, and he fell in the sea and drowned. When people started to scientifically study how to fly, people began to understand the basics of air and aerodynamics. Ibn Firnas may have tried to fly in 8th century in Cordoba, Al-Andalus.[2]
Roger Bacon and Leonardo da Vinci were some of the first modern Europeans to study aeronautics. Leonardo 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 was one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of flight.[3] A pioneer of aeronautical engineering,[4] he is credited as the first person to separate the forces of lift and drag which are in effect on any flight vehicle,[5]
Francesco Lana de Terzi, a 17th century Jesuit professor of physics and mathematics from Brescia, Lombardy, has been referred to as the Father of Aeronautics.[6] In his work Prodromo dell'Arte Maestra (1670) he proposes a lighter-than-air vessel based on logical deductions from previous work ranging from Archimedes and Euclid to his contemporaries Robert Boyle and Otto von Guericke.
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Main article: Aviation history
Many cultures have built devices that travel through the air, from the earliest projectiles such as stones and spears,[7][8] the boomerang in Australia, the hot air Kongming lantern, and kites. There are early legends of human flight such as the story of Icarus, and Jamshid in Persian myth, and later, somewhat more credible claims of short-distance human flights appear, such as the flying automaton of Archytas of Tarentum (428–347 BC),[9] the winged flights of Abbas Ibn Firnas (810–887), Eilmer of Malmesbury (11th century), and the hot-air Passarola of Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (1685–1724).
The modern age of aviation began with the first untethered human lighter-than-air flight on November 21, 1783, in a hot air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers. The practicality of balloons was limited because they could only be controlled vertically. It was immediately recognized that a steerable, or dirigible, balloon was required. Jean-Pierre Blanchard flew the first human-powered dirigible in 1784 and crossed the English Channel in one in 1785.
In 1799 Sir George Cayley set forth the concept of the modern airplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control.[4][10] Early dirigible developments included machine-powered propulsion (Henri Giffard, 1852), rigid frames (David Schwarz, 1896), and improved speed and maneuverability (Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1901)
Early aviation[link]
While there are many competing claims for the earliest powered, heavier-than-air flight, the most widely-accepted date is December 17, 1903 by the Wright brothers. The Wright brothers were the first to fly in a powered and controlled aircraft. Previous flights were gliders (control but no power) or free flight (power but no control), but the Wright brothers combined both, setting the new standard in aviation records. Following this, the widespread adoption of ailerons versus wing warping made aircraft much easier to control, and only a decade later, at the start of World War I, heavier-than-air powered aircraft had become practical for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.
Aircraft began to transport people and cargo as designs grew larger and more reliable. In contrast to small non-rigid blimps, giant rigid airships became the first aircraft to transport passengers and cargo over great distances. The best known aircraft of this type were manufactured by the German Zeppelin company.
The most successful Zeppelin was the Graf Zeppelin. It flew over one million miles, including an around-the-world flight in August 1929. However, the dominance of the Zeppelins over the aeroplanes of that period, which had a range of only a few hundred miles, was diminishing as aeroplane design advanced. The "Golden Age" of the airships ended on May 6, 1937 when the Hindenburg caught fire, killing 36 people. Although there have been periodic initiatives to revive their use, airships have seen only niche application since that time.
Great progress was made in the field of aviation during the 1920s and 1930s, such as Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in 1927, and Charles Kingsford Smith's transpacific flight the following year. One of the most successful designs of this period was the Douglas DC-3, which became the first airliner that was profitable carrying passengers exclusively, starting the modern era of passenger airline service. By the beginning of World War II, many towns and cities had built space, and there were numerous qualified pilots available. The war brought many innovations to aviation, including the first jet aircraft and the first liquid-fueled rockets.
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After World War II, especially in North America, there was a boom in general aviation, both private and commercial, as thousands of pilots were released from military service and many inexpensive war-surplus transport and training aircraft became available. Manufacturers such as Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft expanded production to provide light aircraft for the new middle-class market.
By the 1950s, the development of civil jets grew, beginning with the de Havilland Comet, though the first widely-used passenger jet was the Boeing 707, because it was much more economical than other planes at the time. At the same time, turboprop propulsion began to appear for smaller commuter planes, making it possible to serve small-volume routes in a much wider range of weather conditions.
Since the 1960s, composite airframes and quieter, more efficient engines have become available, and Concorde provided supersonic passenger service for more than two decades, but the most important lasting innovations have taken place in instrumentation and control. The arrival of solid-state electronics, the Global Positioning System, satellite communications, and increasingly small and powerful computers and LED displays, have dramatically changed the cockpits of airliners and, increasingly, of smaller aircraft as well. Pilots can navigate much more accurately and view terrain, obstructions, and other nearby aircraft on a map or through synthetic vision, even at night or in low visibility.
On June 21, 2004, Space Ship One became the first privately funded aircraft to make a spaceflight, opening the possibility of an aviation market capable of leaving the Earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile, flying prototypes of aircraft powered by alternative fuels, such as ethanol, electricity, and even solar energy, are becoming more common and may soon enter the mainstream, at least for light aircraft.
Rocketry[link]
See also: Rocket
A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use.[11] Rocket engines work by action and reaction. Rocket engines push rockets forwards simply by throwing their exhaust backwards extremely fast.
Rockets for military and recreational uses date back to at least 13th century China.[12] Significant scientific, interplanetary and industrial use did not occur until the 20th century, when rocketry was the enabling technology of the Space Age, including setting foot on the moon.
Rockets are used for fireworks, weaponry, ejection seats, launch vehicles for artificial satellites, human spaceflight and exploration of other planets. While comparatively inefficient for low speed use, they are very lightweight and powerful, capable of generating large accelerations and of attaining extremely high speeds with reasonable efficiency.
Chemical rockets are the most common type of rocket and they typically create their exhaust by the combustion of rocket propellant. Chemical rockets store a large amount of energy in an easily released form, and can be very dangerous. However, careful design, testing, construction and use minimizes risks.
See also[link]
- Aeronautical abbreviations
- Aerospace engineering
- Aerostat
- Aileron
- Air safety
- Aircraft design
- Aircraft flight control system
- Aircraft flight mechanics
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Astronautics
- Aviation, aerospace, and aeronautical terms
- Avionics
- Center of gravity of an aircraft
- Flaps
- Flight control surfaces
- Flight dynamics
- Kite types
- Longitudinal static stability
- Metaplane
- Spacecraft
- The Royal Aeronautical Society
References[link]
- ^ a b "Aeronautics". Encyclopedia Americana. 1. Grolier. 1986. pp. 226.
- ^ First Flights, Saudi Aramco World, January–February 1964, p. 8-9.
- ^ "Sir George Carley". Flyingmachines.org. http://www.flyingmachines.org/cayl.html. Retrieved 2009-07-26. "Sir George Cayley is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of flight."
- ^ a b "Sir George Carley (British Inventor and Scientist)". Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/100795/Sir-George-Cayley-6th-Baronet. Retrieved 2009-07-26. "English pioneer of aerial navigation and aeronautical engineering and designer of the first successful glider to carry a human being aloft."
- ^ "The Pioneers: Aviation and Airmodelling". http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/cayley.html. Retrieved 2009-07-26. "Sir George Cayley, is sometimes called the 'Father of Aviation'. A pioneer in his field, he is credited with the first major breakthrough in heavier-than-air flight. He was the first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight - weight, lift, drag, and thrust - and their relationship and also the first to build a successful human carrying glider."
- ^ "Francesco Lana-Terzi, S.J. (1631-1687); The Father of Aeronautics". http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/sj/scientists/lana.htm. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Archytas of Tar entum, Technology Museum of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
- ^ Automata history
- ^ "Aviation: Reaching for the Sky". Don Berliner (1997). The Oliver Press, Inc. p.28. ISBN 1-881508-33-1
- ^ "Aviation History". http://www.aviation-history.com/early/cayley.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ Sutton, George (2001). "1". Rocket Propulsion Elements (7th ed.). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-32642-7. http://books.google.com/?id=LQbDOxg3XZcC&printsec=frontcover.
- ^ MSFC History Office "Rockets in Ancient Times (100 B.C. to 17th Century)"
External links[link]
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- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's How Things Fly website
- Aeronautics History in Turkey
- Aeronautics History - Charles Vivian - 1920 (eLibrary Project - eLib full text)
- Aerospace courses at MIT OpenCourseWare
- American Academy of Aeronautics aeronautical science
- American Helicopter Society
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Examples of Aeronautic Designs
- What is aeronautics? The history of world Aeronautics (Russian)
- Aircraft Design: Synthesis and Analysis
- ACARE Taxonomy
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