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2 unusual facts about Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales


Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales

The ONERA is organized in four scientific branches: Fluid Mechanics and Energetics; Materials and Structures ; Physics ; and Information Processing and Systems.

The ONERA’s historic roots are in the Paris suburb of Meudon, south of Paris.


Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Following the establishment of this committee, other countries created similar agencies, notably the French L’Etablissement Central de l’Aérostation Militaire in Meudon (now Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales), the Russian "Aerodynamic


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