Template talk:aviation
Latest comment: 12 years ago by DCDuring in topic RFM discussion: October 2011
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Wikipedia says: (w:Aeronautics):
- Aviation is a term sometimes used interchangeably with aeronautics
Even our definitions of aviation and aeronautics look very similar, I can see how they intersect. Despite there being a technical difference, I do not think we should keep them both, it just creates confusion. -- Liliana • 18:54, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
- Our topic categories are distinct, aeronautics being a "science" subcategory (not that that one could rely on our category structure for much). The real-world usage contexts are different, aeronautics referring to aeronautical engineering, which is not really part of the everyday world of flying and airlines. I don't know of better words for the distinction, whatever the jumble in the topic categories. DCDuring TALK 19:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)