aeroˈnautical, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of or belonging to aeronautics; connected with the navigation of the air.
| 1802 in Ann. Reg. 449/2 The extraordinary display of aeronautical dexterity..was this day prepared with consummate skill, and executed with an admirable intrepidity. 1881 Pettigrew in Times 30 Mar. 9/6 That aeronautical societies had of late years been established in France. 1910 in A. E. Berriman ‘Flight’ Manual p. vi (Advt.), Aeronautical Engineers. 1916 F. W. Lanchester Aircraft in Warfare xix. 202 The question of the future of the Aeronautical Arm is not purely the concern of the Army and Navy..it is essentially an affair of the Nation. 1957 Technology Mar. 8/1 Early this century the design and building of flying machines was being undertaken by pioneers with no experience as aeronautical engineers. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. V. 191/1 Aeronautical Engineering. This branch is concerned with the design and construction of both heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air types of aircraft. |