aeronauticadj.

1754 J. Barrow Suppl. New & Universal Dict. at Atmosphere F.de Lana thought he had contrived an aeronautic machine for navigating the Atmosphere.

1784 Hibernian Mag. Sept. 489/2 I shall..attempt a description of his [sc. Richard Crosbie's] Aeronautic Chariot.

1787 Ann. Reg. 1784–5 224/1 The lateness of the hour preventing the aeronautic charioteer from taking any further journey, he alighted.

1802 Universal Mag. Nov. 334/1 A specimen of the improvements in the aeronautic arts by the French revolution.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 139 The announcement of the aeronautic expedition..drew at least ten thousand gazers into the good town.

1876 M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar I. viii. 197 The aeronautic art will not be perfected until the flight of birds is more carefully studied.

1890 H. S. Maxim Brit. Patent 16,883/1889 1 An aëronautic machine which can, while moving forward in the air, be caused to rise or descend at any desired velocity.

1908 H. G. Wells War in Air xi. §2 None of these countries had prepared for aeronautic warfare on the magnificent scale of the Germans.

1975 W. Abish Alphabet. Afr. 6 American army colonel apologizes about bombing beaches, claiming acid-carrying aviator blew all aeronautic bombing controls.

1994 Peace Mag. May–June 7/1 A California consortium of companies and unions..is supporting the shift of aeronautic plants, hard hit by the cancellation of military programs, into the production of electric cars.