How to Use aeronautics in a Sentence

aeronautics

noun
  • Skywriting was all the rage in the early days of aeronautics.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Like the X-57—and most of the X-Planes—the X-59 was designed to pass along its findings to the aeronautics industry, rather than creating a new aircraft type.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 2 May 2022
  • That’s one prediction from a 1928 edition of the magazine, which envisioned aeronautics as the next great technical wave of progress.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The shipyards in Nantes stopped loading and unloading freighters, and work in much of the car manufacturing and aeronautics industries also ceased.
    Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 5 May 2018
  • Private aeronautics firm Blue Origin on Monday became the first company to successfully launch a rocket into space and bring it back to Earth for a safe landing.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2015
  • John Hansman, an aeronautics professor at MIT, said that people typically avoid airplanes for a few months after there are problems.
    David Koenig and Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The simulated flyover was made by the mission's camera team at Germany's national aeronautics and space research center (DLR).
    Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Orlando Science Center is adding a double dose of aeronautics history to its displays.
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Her work fueled innumerable feats of aeronautics, several of which were outlined in the 26 research papers Johnson published over her decades-long career.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020
  • John Hansman, an aeronautics professor at MIT, said people typically avoid airplanes for a few months after there are problems.
    CBS News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • It is hosted by the university's aeronautics program in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
    Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • In the aeronautics industry, the pressure of the Covid-19 crisis and the urgency of the climate crisis are incentivizing this industry to fast-track its technology innovation.
    Bryan Crutchfield, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • After graduating with my master’s degree in applied mathematics [in 1967], I was hired as a data analyst in the high-speed aeronautics division.
    Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2021
  • To create their holographic effect, Choisne tapped French aeronautics company, St. Gobain, for a special material typically used to coat the lights on airport runways.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 July 2021
  • The two are not typical aeronautics geeks, but rather entrepreneurs who built and sold businesses in other industries before entering the fast-developing urban air mobility sector.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Retaining its octagonal bezel but featuring an entirely new case design, the watch was machined from Alacrite 602, a special alloy of cobalt, chrome, tungsten carbon, silicon and iron used in aeronautics that was also the hardest material available.
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 9 July 2022
  • Lockheed Martin is buying rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings for $4.4 billion in a deal that brings together companies that already had been working together in the aeronautics industry.
    Staff and Wire Report, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Kent State's aeronautics programs include aeronautical studies, aeronautical systems engineering technology, aerospace engineering, air traffic control, aviation management and flight technology.
    Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 26 Feb. 2018

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