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Phillips, W.H., 32<br />

photosphere 503<br />

pilotage, 242<br />

pilot certification, 284-285<br />

Pioneer 1&2 524<br />

Pioneer 10&11 531<br />

Piper Aircraft, 127, 289<br />

Piper, William, 62<br />

Plinton, James O., 126<br />

Pluto 536<br />

polar orbit 490<br />

Popson, Major Raymond Y., 132<br />

Powell, General Colin, 150<br />

PPS, 253<br />

precipitation 390<br />

pressure gradient 396,397<br />

probes 574<br />

Project Apollo 586<br />

Project Gemini, 585<br />

Project Mercury, 583-585<br />

Project Skylab, 587<br />

prominences, 502<br />

propellant, 462<br />

propfan systems, 200<br />

Pulitzer Trophy Race, 54<br />

Pulitzer, Ralph, 54<br />

pulsar, 544<br />

pure jet, 125<br />

pyroxferroite 528<br />

Q<br />

Quimby, Harriet, 27<br />

quasar 543<br />

R<br />

radar, 85,145<br />

radiation 392<br />

radiation fog 415<br />

radio (aircraft), 246-248<br />

ramjet engines, 200-201<br />

Raskova, Major Marina, 87<br />

Read, Lieutenant Commander Albert, 45<br />

Reagan, President Ronald, 147<br />

Reciprocating engines, 194-196<br />

Reconnaissance satellites 570<br />

reducer 462<br />

relative humidity 389<br />

Reitsch, Hanna, 63<br />

Renard, Charles, 10<br />

Resolution 660, 147<br />

Resolution 678, 148,154<br />

Rickenbacker, Edward V., 37-39<br />

Ride, Sally 589<br />

ridge 397<br />

638<br />

rime ice 428-429<br />

RNAV, 254<br />

rockets 551-554<br />

Aerobee 552<br />

Atlas 553<br />

Redstone 553<br />

Vanguard 553<br />

Viking 552<br />

V-2 553-554<br />

rocket systems 451-455<br />

airframe system 452<br />

control system 455<br />

guidance system 454<br />

propulsion system 453<br />

Rodgers, Calbraith Perry, 25<br />

Rohrbach, Adolph, 63<br />

Rommel, Field Marshall, 93<br />

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 71<br />

Roosevelt, <strong>The</strong>odore, 23,25<br />

rotary engines, 31<br />

rotary-wing aircraft, 31<br />

Royal Air Force, 35,78<br />

S<br />

SAC (Strategic Air Command), 114,144<br />

Salyut 595-596<br />

SAMs (surface-to-air-missiles), 138<br />

Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 11,28<br />

satellite 562-574<br />

communications satellite 563<br />

INTELSAT 563<br />

Galaxy 564<br />

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, 564<br />

Saturn 532-534<br />

Schneider Trophy Races, 55<br />

Schneider, Jacques, 55<br />

Scientific satellites 570<br />

SCUD missiles (surface-to-surface missiles), 150<br />

Seaplanes<br />

Boeing 314, 65<br />

Clippers, 65<br />

section aeronautical charts, 234-236<br />

Seguin, Laurent and Gustav, 30<br />

Selfridge, Army Lieutenant Thomas, 23<br />

Short brothers, 30<br />

Sikorsky, Igor, 30,63,64,65<br />

single-engine monoplanes, 169<br />

Shepard, Alan 584<br />

Skylab 596-596<br />

slats, 203<br />

Smallwood, Charles, 71<br />

smart weapons, 139<br />

Smith, Elinor, 53<br />

smoke 425

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