air-minded

adj

interested in or promoting aviation or aircraft

ˈair-ˌmindedness n

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(5) It may seem surprising then, that at the peak of Western society's excitement over aviation, both images were embraced by the so-called "air-minded" public.

Rescuing Icarus: The Problems and Possibilities of "Air-Mindedness"

As described by Squadron Leader Liz Green RAFAC, Durham/ Northumberland Wing Media Officer, today's organisation is quite different, having evolved into a modern, dynamic, air-minded youth organisation that offers fun and challenging opportunities - an active alternative to other interests.

Last Post for air cadets? Formed in the aftermath of the Battle of Britain in 1941, can the RAF Air Cadets organisation survive against the modern threat from social media and computer gaming? MIKE KELLY found out

As described by Squadron Leader Liz Green RAFAC, Durham/Northumberland Wing Media Officer, today's organisation is quite different, having evolved into a modern, dynamic, air-minded youth organisation that offers fun and challenging opportunities -- an active alternative to other interests.

Youngsters in Newcastle, Durham and Northumberland learn to fly as RAF celebrates 100 years - and battles fashion! Wearing a uniform is not high on the list for young people more interested in video games and social media - but Air Cadets have big opportunities; Wearing a uniform is not high on the list for young people more interested in video games and social media - but Air Cadets have big opportunities

For more on cities and airplanes, see Sonja Duempelmann, 'Between Science and Aesthetics: Aspects of "Air-Minded" Landscape Architecture, Landscape Journal, 29:2 (2010), 161-78; Jeanne Haffner, The View from Above: the Science of Social Space (Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2013).

The bird's-eye view: toward an environmental history of aviation

(2) Given his forceful belief that the future security of the United States would require significant and deliberate attention to the development of airpower, he rationally concluded that to fulfill such an important requirement, airpower must be organized, resourced, and led by air-minded thinkers (airmen).

Beyond the horizon: developing future airpower strategy

Fans who like to see the football in the air will love tonight's homecoming contest between air-minded Washington State and No.

X'S AND O'S WITH KEN WOODY

Without a strong commitment to a flying program, it is hard to see how the institution really inculcates the values, perspectives, and attitudes of an air-minded leader any better than West Point did.

Hubert R. Harmon: Airman, Officer, Father of the Air Force Academy

Innovation is a competency that we must continue to nurture as a potent mechanism against uncertainty--and, it is part of our Air-minded, American heritage to do so.

Aligning the Air Force vision with the future security environment

There was no organisation for air-minded girls and so the Women's Junior Air Corps was formed.

A potted history of the Girls venture Corps Air Cadets

This brief study of the earliest American Airmen and their influence on the development of an air-minded culture is a work in progress.

Looking skyward: the emergence of an air-minded culture in the US Army

"The music of new times stood above us in the heavens," an air-minded German novelist wrote in 1914; "the song of the future roared confidently; a new world had been born of a different kind and a different form." Those who truly believed in aviation knew that life would never be the same again.

Republic of the air

is not limited to airpower capabilities," but, "equally or more important is the Airman's unique way of thinking." A joint doctrine, including an air-minded perspective, must emerge to fight unconventional war.