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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. One of the earliest scientists to study aeronautics was [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. 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. |
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. One of the earliest scientists to study aeronautics was [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. 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. GASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA |
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Aeronautics (from Greek aero which means air or sky and nautis which mean sailor, i.e. sailor of the air-sky)is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft. 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. Aviation is a term sometimes used interchangeably with aeronautics, although "aeronautics" includes lighter-than-air craft such as airships, while "aviation" does not.[1]
Early aeronautics
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. One of the earliest scientists to study aeronautics was Leonardo da Vinci. 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. GASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
References
See also
select an article title from: Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- Aviation
- Aircraft
- Air safety
- Airsickness and airsickness bags
- Aerospace engineering
- Aerostat
- Astronautics
- Spacecraft
- Mechanics of fluids
- Aerodynamics
- Hydrodynamics
- Hydrostatics
- Aeronautical abbreviations
- Aviation, aerospace, and aeronautical terms
External links
- Aerospace courses at MIT OpenCourseWare
- What is aeronautics? The history of world Aeronautics
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Helicopter Society
- Examples of Aeronautic Designs
- A community for the people working in the aeronautics
- Aeronautics History - Charles Vivian - 1920 (eLibrary Project - eLib full text)