The phrase "aeronautical research" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing studies, experiments, or investigations related to the design, development, and operation of aircraft and spacecraft.
Example: "The university has received a grant to advance its aeronautical research program, focusing on sustainable aviation technologies."
Alternatives: "aviation research" or "aerospace research".
And Europe's increase in taxpayer support for aeronautical research is happening just as American taxpayers' support for aeronautics and composites research by their own aerospace agency, NASA, is in decline.
He went to work for the Australian Defense Department doing aeronautical research.
Under the EU's Fifth Framework programme, aeronautical research was allocated $630m for a five-year period ending this year.
"If they walked into a modern laboratory," he said, "they would be able to recognize as their own the approach to aeronautical research as it's conducted today".
He continued to fly into the 1970s, and was a specialist in piloting the Lockheed JetStar, a four-engine business jet converted for aeronautical research.
Mr. Mineta, who spoke at an aeronautical research center in Oklahoma City, said he did not think the episodes were related to terrorism.
As a graduate student he became a national expert on aeronautical and meteorological research instruments.
Since 1935, gliders equipped with recording instruments have gained in reputation as tools for aeronautical and meteorological research.
The structures made of composite materials represent a very great part of research in aeronautical and aerospace engineering considering their specific characteristics in term of lightness and rigidity.
Oscillating aerodynamic loads induced by buffet in transonic flight may cause structural fatigue and flight accidents, making transonic buffet control a research focus in aeronautical engineering.
When it began operations on October 1 , 1958 NASA absorbed the 46-year-old NACA intact; its 8,000 employees, an annual budget of US$100 million, three major research laboratories (Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory) and two small test facilities.
