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VS 300, 63<br />

X-1, 129,176<br />

X-15, 159-160<br />

X-1A, 131<br />

X-1B, 131<br />

X-2, 131<br />

X-29A, 163<br />

X-3, 131<br />

XB-47, 133<br />

XB-70, 159-160<br />

XF-91, 129<br />

Zero, 89<br />

aircraft in industry, 310<br />

aircraft instruments, 213-221<br />

aircraft systems, 210-213<br />

airfoil<br />

angle <strong>of</strong> attack, 178<br />

camber, 177<br />

chord, 178<br />

leading edge, 177<br />

relative wind, 178<br />

trailing edge, 178<br />

Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, 371-372<br />

Air Force Schools, 370-371<br />

Airline Deregulation Act <strong>of</strong> 1978, 271<br />

airmail, 56,57<br />

Air Mail Act <strong>of</strong> 1925, 57,64<br />

Air Mail Act <strong>of</strong> 1934, 12<br />

air mass, 404,405<br />

Airport<br />

Control Tower, 266<br />

Other Facilities, 267<br />

Passenger Terminal, 267<br />

Ramp and Hangers, 265<br />

Runway, 264<br />

Taxiways, 264<br />

Air Traffic Control, 349<br />

airways, 238<br />

Alcock, Captain John, 47<br />

Aldrin, Edwin 586<br />

all cargo airlines (Flying Tiger), 125<br />

altimeter, 241<br />

altostratus, 411<br />

American Troops in Vietnam, 138<br />

American War Costs, 143<br />

Ames Research Center, 128<br />

Anderson, Charles Alfred “Chief”, 72<br />

angle <strong>of</strong> incidence, 393<br />

anorthosite, 527<br />

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 558<br />

AOPA, 357<br />

apogee, 479<br />

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 588<br />

Aptitudes and Aerospace Careers, 364<br />

Apt, Mel, 130-131<br />

633<br />

Arctic weather, 437<br />

ARDC (Air Research and Development Command),<br />

129<br />

armalcolite, 528<br />

Armstrong, Neil 586<br />

Arnold, General “Hap”, 69<br />

ARTCC, 350<br />

asteroid, 537<br />

atmosphere, 380<br />

atmospheric elements, 381<br />

atmospheric regions, 382<br />

ATO (Air Tasking Order), 150<br />

Attlee, Prime Minister, 108<br />

autogiro, 63<br />

axes <strong>of</strong> an aircraft, 191-193<br />

B<br />

Baldwin, Thomas, 24<br />

ballistic trajectories 483<br />

ballooning, 291-292<br />

barnstormers, 48-49<br />

basalt 527<br />

Battle <strong>of</strong> Britain, 78,84<br />

Battle <strong>of</strong> Midway, 102<br />

Battle <strong>of</strong> the Coral Sea, 102<br />

Battleships<br />

Arizona, 91<br />

California, 91<br />

Nevada, 91<br />

Oklahoma, 91<br />

West Virginia, 91<br />

Beech Aircraft, 127, 287<br />

Beech, Walter, 61,62<br />

Bell Aircraft Company, 129<br />

Bell, Alexander Graham, 24<br />

Bellinger, Lieutenant Commander R., 45<br />

Bellis, US Army Lieutenant Cy, 55<br />

Bendix Trophy Race, 55<br />

Berlin Airlift, 118<br />

Berliner, Emile and Henry, 32<br />

Bernoulli, Daniel, 179<br />

Bernoulli’s Principle, 179<br />

bipropellant 463<br />

black hole 546<br />

Black, Joseph, 7<br />

Blanchard, Jean Pierre, 8<br />

Blanchard, Madeleine, 8<br />

Bleckley, Lieutenant Erwin, 39<br />

Bleriot, Louis, 28<br />

blitzkrieg, 79<br />

blowing dust 426<br />

blowing sand 426<br />

blowing snow 426<br />

bombing <strong>of</strong> Japan, 105-108

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