aeronautical engineer
Airplane design specialist
An aeronautical engineer designs, develops, and tests aircraft and their components—from commercial airliners to military jets to helicopters.
The field focuses specifically on vehicles that operate within Earth's atmosphere, distinguishing it from astronautical engineering, which deals with spacecraft.
She works as an aeronautical engineer for Boeing.
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
- wingLimb enabling flight
- jetForced fluid stream
lift · avionics · drag · structural integrity · turboprop · supersonic flight · flight test · flap · stress analysis · boundary layer · ICAO standards · aluminum alloy · afterburner · flight envelope · thrust · titanium alloy · NASA · flight data recorder
- aviation jobspilot, copilot, co-pilot, captain, first officer
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One who steers aircraft
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