aeronautical engineering
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“The top management of Boeing does not have aeronautical engineering degrees, for the most part.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Jason Hill was one such teenager, but he clung on to that vision through aeronautical engineering studies and work in the aviation industry.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024
Eventually, he earned a pilot’s license, an aeronautical engineering degree — during which he did an 8-month internship at Boeing in Seattle — a master’s degree and a Ph.D.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Mr. McDivitt flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War, after which he went to the University of Michigan, where he studied aeronautical engineering and graduated at the top of his class in 1959.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
As much as any other profession, aeronautical engineering embodied the restlessness and technological progress that characterized what was already being dubbed the American Century.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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