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variable-pitch, 225–26
wind tunnel research of, 222
on Wright 1903 Flyer, 204–6
propeller feathering, 226–27
propulsion system, 5, 7
Pullman-type berths, 275
radar altimeters, 284, 286
radial engines, 208
air-cooled, 215
fully cowled, 222–23
liquid-cooled power plant v., 220
radio-navigational aids, 188, 287
railroad collision-avoidance system, 283
Rateau, Auguste, 227
“Red Baron.” See von Richthofen, Manfred von
Reims Air Meet. See Grande Semaine d’Aviation de Champagne
Rentschler, Frederick B., 218–19
retractable wheels, 247
of Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 251–52
commercial airlines using, 250–51
for heavier-than-air flying machine, 248
of J.V. Martin K.III Kitten, 249–50
Richthofen, Manfred von, 116
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 64, 65
rigid wings
flight and, 7
gliders with, 103–4
Rockne, Knute, 117–19
Rohrbach, Adolf, 77–78, 80
roll axis, 152
roll control, 155
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 121
Roosevelt, Quentin, 177
Root, Amos, 163
rotary engines, 208
castor oil used in, 210
versus inline engines, 211
throttles on, 316n6
rotary-powered fighter planes, 210–11
Ruchonnet, Eugéne, 70
rudders
aerial experimenters testing, 139
bar/pedals, 175
wing warping unlinked from, Wright brothers, 165–66
yaw controlled by, 152
Rumpler Taube, 113
Russo-Baltic Carriage Factory, 86, 254–55. See also Sikorsky
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, 78, 119, 120, 121, 220
Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 35, 45,
Demoiselle monoplane of, 139
14-bis, flight of, 44–46, 94, 144
14-bis, fuselage of, 173–74
octagonal ailerons for, 315n15
satellite navigation systems, 287–88
scale effects, 26
Scientific American, 168, 169
seatbelts, 257
seat width/pitch, 279
Séguin, Laurent, 208
Séguin, Louis, 208
Selfridge, Thomas, 170
semi-monocoque construction, 74, 79–80
all-metal, 85, 122
Lockheed Vega monoplane, wooden, with, 73
partial internal skeleton concept, 71–72
sensitive altimeters, 186
sesquiplane, biplane, 76
shear load resistance, 79–80
shock wave formation, 131
Short Brothers, 246
Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich, 86, 123, 254, 256
first multiengine airplane by, 87,–89
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets, 88, 123, 255
cross country flight of, 87–89
lavish appointments of, 255–56, 256
Sikorsky S-42, 125
skeleton, internal load-bearing, 59
skids for landing, 240
slats, 124
slotted flap, 124
Smeaton’s coefficient, 110
Smeaton, John, 110
Smith, Cyrus R., 126
Smithsonian Institution, 32
Smith, T. E., 219
Société des Moteurs Gnome, 208
Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD), 71
Société Provisoire des Aéroplanes Deperdussin, 69
sodium-filled valve, 218
software, 282
Sopwith Camel, 211
SPAD. See Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés and Société Provisoire des Aéroplanes Deperdussin
SPAD fighter series, 64, 212
SPAD XIII, 65, 65
spanwise wing flexing, 90
spatial orientation, 178–79
speed record, 50–51
Sperry, Elmer, Sr., 184
Sperry, Lawrence, 54, 185
spindles, 57
Spirit of St. Louis. See Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
split flap, 124
spoilers, 172
sponsons, 246
Spruce Goose, 73, 247
SST. See Concorde supersonic transport
stability, control v., 160
Standard Steel Propeller Company, 225
steam engines, 201
steel wire, 60
step-down approaches, 288
stewardesses, 268–69, 269
St. Petersburg-Tampa Air Boat Line, 243–44, 253–54, 254
stratosphere, 317n2
stressed-skin construction, 77, 79–80, 82, 121
Stringfellow, John, 13–14
synthetic fuels, 307
tail assembly, 138–40
TAWS. See terrain awareness and warning system
Taylor, Charlie, 204, 241
Teague, Walter Dorwin, 274, 280
technical prowess, 3–4
technology integration, 282, 291, 294
tension load resistance, 79–80
tension-spoke wheels, 238
terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS), 290
Tesla, Nikola, 283
Thomson, William, 309–10
three-axis control
of airplanes, 152–53
Europe achieving, 170
system, 166–67
Wright brothers approach to, 35–36
torsional stresses, 90
training, airline industry, 286
transcontinental air routes, 267–68
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