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aviation

noun as in flying an aircraft; study of flying aircraft

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It is part of a growing amount of research, some of it funded by the aviation industry, that airlines hope will convince the public that air travel is safe as long as proper precautions are taken.

Recent announcements by United Airlines and American Airlines come as aviation unions have begun to push for a second extension of the Payroll Support Program that has kept many workers on the job.

United Airlines is investing in a company that has nothing to do with aviation, per se.

After the flight, the company hired an outside aviation expert, Dennis O’Donoghue, to conduct a safety review of the program, and he spent weeks interviewing company officials and poring over records, according to the book.

Still, experts say, breaking up the firms will do nothing unless fundamental safeguards are put in place to limit their business models in a way similar to how strict regulations exist for food safety and aviation, for example.

From Time

There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.

The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.

Aviation experts across the world experienced severe jaw dropping at this news.

The latest disappearance is another huge aviation blow for Malaysia, where both Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia are based.

This was very blunt and surprising to hear from any official in charge of an aviation disaster.

Only in his field of aviation medicine did he feel competent, secure.

In the evening we were invited to the aviation camp in the suburbs of Paris.

I don't know where he's stationed; and I'm going with the aviation—if it's ever ready!

The Wright brothers directed their whole attention to aviation in 1899.

The conclusion has been reached that we cannot dispense with aviation, even if we would.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aviation, such as: aeronautics, navigation, aerodynamics, flight, and piloting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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