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AMERICAN COMBAT PLANES
OF THE 20th CENTURY

INDEX 18

R
R-1 (De Havilland). See DH-9A
R-1 engine. See R-1454 engine (R-1)
R-1 racer, 53
R-2 (aircraft), 3
R-2 engine, 3
R-4 (aircraft), 3
R-4 engine, 3
R3Y-1 (Navy: Tradewind), 596
R3Y-2 (Navy), 596
R-5 (Russian), 443
R-6, 53, 116, 129
R-6L, 116, 116
R-37. See Ventura (British)
R-790 engine, 108
R-975 engine (Whirlwind), 91, 143, 157, 276
R-985 engine, 143, 183, 398, 399, 406
R-1310 engine, 69
R-1340 engine (Wasp), 14, 45, 47, 64, 70, 88, 92, 95, 108, 111, 134, 136, 137, 141, 148, 151, 152, 156–57, 159, 160, 221, 271, 273, 274, 393, 394, 395, 399, 401, 404, 406, 451
R-1454 engine (R-1), 64, 84
R-1510 engine (Whirlwind), 141, 282, 400, 404, 420, 443, 451, 452
R-1535 engine (Wasp Jr.), 189, 273, 275, 282, 394, 401, 416, 417, 419, 420, 422, 425, 445, 446, 450, 452
R-1670 engine (Whirlwind), 194, 282
R-1690 engine (Hornet), 14, 47, 49, 50, 92, 95–96, 98, 105, 111, 123–24, 126, 127, 152, 187, 230, 393, 395
R-1750 engine (Cyclone), 14, 45, 50, 92, 95, 105, 106, 127
R-1820 engine (Cyclone), 50, 73, 95, 98, 111, 113, 114, 124, 140, 156, 193, 194, 197, 198, 210, 224, 225, 226, 228, 230–31, 241, 255, 277, 282, 294, 361, 365, 384, 400, 401, 403, 412, 415, 420, 422, 426, 428, 446, 453, 455, 459, 463, 475, 644, 661
with turbosuperchargers added, 238, 443
R-1830 engine (Wasp/Twin Wasp), 180, 189–90, 196, 199, 200, 207–8, 225, 229, 254, 270, 277, 280, 281, 283, 285, 323, 324, 361, 362, 373, 374–75, 385, 390, 391, 399, 418, 458, 495, 670
with turbosupercharger added, 250, 322, 325
R-1860 engine (Hornet), 49–50, 223, 225
R-2000 engine, 478
R-2160 engine (Tornado), 219, 345, 357
R-2180 engine (Twin Hornet), 199, 232, 236, 323
R-2600 engine (Cyclone; Double Cyclone), 14, 184, 197, 201, 202, 203, 208, 212, 213, 214, 233, 254, 267, 342, 349, 375, 377, 428, 434, 468
R-2800 engine (Wasp), 196, 217, 218, 219, 258, 262, 263, 267, 323, 325, 342, 343, 345, 346, 348, 379, 388, 437, 442, 464, 469–70, 471, 473–74, 476, 493, 608, 643
R-3350 engine (Cyclone), 213, 219, 235, 347, 379, 381, 382, 438, 439, 442, 475, 484, 507, 587, 593, 596, 601
R-4360 engine (Wasp Major), 213, 220, 358, 439, 442, 477, 479, 509, 511, 513, 592
RA-3B (A3D-2P), 611
RA-3C, 614–15, 615
RA-5C, 651, 659
Radar Absorbent Materials (RAMs), 711
radar, airborne
in World War II, 250–51, 348, 368, 379, 387
in Cold War, 511
radial engines, 14, 284, 322–23
Radioplane Crossbow missile (GAM-67), 570
Rainbow No. 5: 237–38, 491
Ranger engines. See SGV-770; V-770; XV-770
Rapier. See F-108
Raptor. See F-22
Rascal missile (GAM-63), 518, 559, 568, 570
Raven. See EF-111A; O-40
RB-17G (photographic plane), 243
RB-26, 492
RB-26C, 492, 493
RB-29, 507, 508, 508
RB-29A, 508
RB-35B, 553
RB-36D, 515, 516
RB-36E, 516, 516
RB-36F, 516, 517
RB-36H, 516
RB-45C, 506, 555, 555
RB-47, 555, 559
RB-47B, 557
RB-47E, 558, 559

RB-47H, 558, 559, 559
RB-47K, 558, 559
RB-49, 515, 554
RB-49A, 553–54, 553
RB-50B, 511
RB-50E, 511
RB-50F, 511
RB-50G, 512
RB-52B, 565
RB-57, 498
RB-57A, 560, 560, 561
RB-57D, 561, 561
RB-57E, 561
RB-57F, 561
RB-66, 492
RB-66A, 562, 562
RB-66B, 562, 563, 563
RB-66B-DL, 562
RB-66C, 563, 563
RB-66C-DT, 562
RB-69A, 570
RB-84F, 518
Reaction Motors LR-11 engine, 544
Reagan, Ronald, 708
reconnaissance (observation; scout) planes
   designation of, 80, 176–77, 409, 417
   World War I, 2, 129
   interwar period, 5, 77–80, 82–84, 85–86, 91–98, 129–44, 175–83, 184
     naval, 393–405, 406–8, 409–10
    World War II, 183, 184, 405–6, 405–6, 408–9, 410–12
    Cold War, 412–14, 497–500
    Korean War, 589–90, 593
Rechkalov, Gregori A., 321
Reeves, Cmdr. Joseph, 9–10
Reggiane 2000 (Italian), 280
Regulus missile, 680
Renault 12F engine, 17
Reporter. See F-15A (Black Widow)
Republic airplanes
    2PA. See under Seversky airplanes
    export of, 280–81, 281, 324, 325, 331, 528–29, 530, 530
    See also AP; F-84; F-91; F-103; F-105; Fairchild airplanes; P-35; P-43; P-44; P-47; P-69; P-72
RF-4B, 680
RF-4C, 574, 680, 681, 681, 683, 685
RF-4E, 684, 685
RF-4EJ, 685
RF-5A, 687, 688
RF-5E, 689
RF-8A (Navy: F8U-1P: Crusader), 498, 638, 638, 640
RF-8G, 640
RF-80, 506, 521
RF-84 (Thunderflash), 530–31
RF-84F, 530–31, 530, 531, 531, 534, 541–42, 560, 574
RF-84K, 517–18, 531, 531
RF-86A, 533, 538
RF-86F, 537, 538
RF-87A (Blackhawk), 538
RF-100A, 573
RF-101, 574
RF-101A, 574, 574
RF-101B, 578
RF-101C, 574
RF-101G, 574
RF-101H, 574
RF-104G, 580, 581
RF-105, 581
RF-111C, 704
Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie (1890-1973), 30
Riemer, Col. Jeffrey, 700n
rocket engines, 543, 544
    See also JATO (jet-assisted takeoff) rockets; specific engine name
rockets. See missiles
Rockwell B-1A, 705–6, 706, 707, 708
Rockwell B-1B, 708–9, 708, 710, 713, 713
Rolls-Royce engines, 18, 28, 37, 102, 284
    See also Eagle engine; Merlin engine; Nene engine; Pegasus engine
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 166, 237, 238, 296, 483
rotary engines, 14
RP-3A, 599
RP-3D, 599
RP-63, 243
RP-63A, 356
RP-63C, 356
RP-36G, 356
RS-3 (S-37B), 47–48, 48, 109
RS-70, 704

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