Home›Aerospace Engineering›All Aerospace EngineeringBrowse ByAll Aerospace EngineeringReference and ClassificationVerifiedInventions whose working principle or primary application is flight. Belongs here: the airplane and the jet engine as powered-flight technologies, and the kite as the earliest heavier-than-air flight device. Does not belong here: ground-based mechanical transport, grouped under Mechanical Engineering, or navigation instruments used at sea as well as in the air, grouped under Marine Engineering.FactsAll Aerospace EngineeringSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonMain Engineering BranchWell-attestedMechanical Engineering 1Field Founding EraWell-attested1958 2All Aerospace EngineeringFilter Results73 entriesFieldAllAircraft and Spacecraft Life Support and Pressurization Systems (2)Aircraft Avionics and Automated Flight Systems (8)Aircraft Flight Instruments (7)Aircraft Wing Aerodynamic Design Features (8)Early and Experimental Pioneer Aircraft (3)Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines (4)Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft (2)Rocket and Launch Vehicle Propulsion Systems (3)Rocket Artillery and Early Gunpowder Rocketry (2)Rotorcraft (Helicopters and Autogyros) (2)Unpowered Fixed-Wing Flight Craft (3)YearAll450 BCE (1)1648 (1)1772 (1)1783 (2)1849 (1)1852 (1)1864 (1)1871 (1)1901 (1)1903 (1)1906 (1)1912 (1)1913 (1)1917 (1)1920 (1)1923 (2)1926 (1)1929 (1)1930 (1)1936 (1)1939 (1)1941 (1)1943 (1)1946 (1)1951 (1)1956 (1)1957 (1)1958 (2)1961 (1)1977 (1)1991 (1)2001 (1)2016 (1)InventorAllAlexander Mozhaysky (1)Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1)Francis Herbert Wenham (1)Frank Whittle (2)Hans von Ohain (2)Igor Sikorsky (1)Juan de la Cierva (1)Orville Wright (1)Robert Goddard (2)Wernher von Braun (1)Wilbur Wright (1)Associated WithAllAileron (1)The Airplane (1)In FieldAllAerospace Engineering (60)In GroupAllAircraft and Spacecraft Life Support and Pressurization Systems (2)Aircraft Avionics and Automated Flight Systems (8)Aircraft Flight Instruments (7)Aircraft Wing Aerodynamic Design Features (8)Early and Experimental Pioneer Aircraft (3)Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines (4)Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft (2)Rocket and Launch Vehicle Propulsion Systems (3)Rocket Artillery and Early Gunpowder Rocketry (2)Rotorcraft (Helicopters and Autogyros) (2)Unpowered Fixed-Wing Flight Craft (3)BrowseCompareSelect all 73Ablative Heat ShieldAerospace EngineeringAccelerometerAerospace EngineeringAerial RefuelingAerospace EngineeringAfterburnerAerospace EngineeringAileronAerospace EngineeringAircraft Evacuation SlideAerospace EngineeringAirshipAerospace EngineeringAltimeterAerospace EngineeringArtificial SatelliteAerospace EngineeringAutogyroAerospace EngineeringAutopilotAerospace EngineeringAutothrottleAerospace EngineeringCabin PressurizationAerospace EngineeringCanard (Aeronautics)Aerospace EngineeringCoanda-1910Aerospace EngineeringDaedalus Flight PackAerospace EngineeringDean DriveAerospace EngineeringDeicing BootAerospace EngineeringDelta WingAerospace EngineeringDroneAerospace EngineeringEjection SeatAerospace EngineeringEmDriveAerospace EngineeringFire arrowAerospace EngineeringFlight Data RecorderAerospace EngineeringFlight RecorderAerospace EngineeringFly-By-WireAerospace EngineeringFuel GaugeAerospace EngineeringGlass CockpitAerospace EngineeringGliderAerospace EngineeringGround Proximity Warning SystemAerospace EngineeringHang GliderAerospace EngineeringHead-Up DisplayAerospace EngineeringHelicopterAerospace EngineeringHot Air BalloonAerospace EngineeringInertial Navigation SystemAerospace EngineeringInstrument Landing SystemAerospace EngineeringJetpackAerospace EngineeringKiteAerospace EngineeringLanding GearAerospace EngineeringLaunch Escape SystemAerospace EngineeringLeading-Edge SlatAerospace EngineeringMozhaysky's airplaneAerospace EngineeringMultiple rocket launcherAerospace EngineeringMultistage RocketAerospace EngineeringOrnithopterAerospace EngineeringParachuteAerospace EngineeringPulsejetAerospace EngineeringRadial EngineAerospace EngineeringRadio AltimeterAerospace EngineeringRamjetAerospace EngineeringReactionless DriveAerospace EngineeringRocket EngineAerospace EngineeringScramjetAerospace EngineeringSolid Rocket BoosterAerospace EngineeringSpace SuitAerospace EngineeringSpeed BrakeAerospace EngineeringSpoiler (Aeronautics)Aerospace EngineeringThe AirplaneAerospace EngineeringThe Jet EngineAerospace EngineeringThrust ReverserAerospace EngineeringThrust VectoringAerospace EngineeringTraffic Collision Avoidance SystemAerospace EngineeringTurbofanAerospace EngineeringTurbojetAerospace EngineeringTurbopropAerospace EngineeringTurboshaftAerospace EngineeringUnmanned Aerial VehicleAerospace EngineeringVariable Pitch PropellerAerospace EngineeringVariable-Sweep WingAerospace EngineeringVortex GeneratorAerospace EngineeringWind TunnelAerospace EngineeringWingletAerospace EngineeringSources1. Wikipedia: Engineeringtier 2WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplinesThe traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.View the Source2. Wikipedia: Aerospace engineeringtier 2WikipediaHistory, 1958 first definitionQuote, History, 1958 first definitionThe first definition of aerospace engineering appeared in February 1958, considering the Earth's atmosphere and outer space as a single realm.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.