Aeronautics
Aeronautics noun - The theory and practice of navigation through air or space.
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Synonyms for Aeronautics
Flying is a synonym for aeronautics in science of flight topic. In some cases you can use "Flying" instead a noun "Aeronautics".
Flying
Flying noun - Travel through the air by the use of wings.
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- Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror has the Weldon Institute of Philadelphia, a society of aeronautics nerds obsessed with proving that balloons are better than heavier-than-air flying machines.
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Urban Aeronautics' proposed VTOL aircraft certainly looks like a large flying car, though flying cars is not what the company intends to create (they want to build aircraft useful for rescue operations, and other non-personal uses).
Source: Flying Car
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