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Rafale deal controversy
The Rafale deal controversy, called the Rafale scam by critics, is a dispute in India over its 2016 purchase of 36 Dassault Rafale jets for €7.87 billion.
Raid on Entebbe (film)
Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 American docudrama directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Peter Finch and Charles Bronson, dramatizing the 1976 Israeli rescue of hostages in Uganda.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (రాజీవ్ గాంధీ)
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, also known as Hyderabad International Airport, serves Hyderabad, India from Shamshabad. Opened in 2008, it is the country's fourth busiest airport.
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, also known as RGNAU, is India's first central aviation university, created by an Act of Parliament in 2013 at Fursatganj, Uttar Pradesh.
Rakesh Gangwal
Rakesh Gangwal is an Indian-born American billionaire airline executive who co-founded IndiGo, India's largest airline by market share, and chaired Southwest Airlines from 2024 to 2025.
Raleigh–Durham International Airport
Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is a public airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, serving the Research Triangle; in 2025 it handled about 15.6 million passengers across a record 80 nonstop destinations.
Ram air turbine
A ram air turbine (RAT), also called an air-driven generator, is a wind-driven turbine stowed in an aircraft and deployed into the airstream to supply emergency power when engines and auxiliary sources fail.
Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base, also known as Ramstein AB, is a United States Air Force base near Kaiserslautern, Germany, and the headquarters of US Air Forces in Europe.
Ramstein air show disaster
The Ramstein air show disaster (Flugtag '88) was a 1988 midair collision of three Italian Frecce Tricolori jets at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, killing 70.
Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base (Randolph Field), the "West Point of the Air," is a 1930-founded USAF flying training base northeast of San Antonio, now JBSA-Randolph, home of Air Education and Training Command and a National Register historic district.
Randy Babbitt
Randy Babbitt, born Jerome Randolph Babbitt in 1946, is an American aviation official who led the Air Line Pilots Association and served as FAA Administrator from 2009 to 2011.
Rans Designs
Rans Designs, also known as Rans Inc, is an American light-aircraft manufacturer in Hays, Kansas, founded by Randy Schlitter in the mid-1970s, building the S-7 Courier and S-21 Outbound.
Rans S-12 Airaile
The Rans S-12 Airaile is an American two-seat, high-wing, pusher-configuration light aircraft sold in kit form for amateur construction by Rans Inc. of Hays, Kansas.
Rashid Minhas
Rashid Minhas, known as Rashid Minhas Shaheed, was a Pakistan Air Force pilot officer honored posthumously with the Nishan-e-Haider for crashing his hijacked jet in 1971.
Raymonde de Laroche
Raymonde de Laroche, born Elise Deroche and known as Baroness de Laroche, was a French aviator who in 1910 became the first woman to earn an airplane pilot license.
Raytheon Sentinel
The Raytheon Sentinel R1, also known as the Bombardier Sentinel, was a British RAF ground-surveillance aircraft based on the Bombardier Global Express, serving from 2007 to 2021.
RB199
The RB199 is a three-shaft afterburning turbofan developed by the European consortium Turbo-Union to power the Panavia Tornado, entering service in 1979 with 2,504 engines delivered.
RealFlight
RealFlight is a radio-controlled flight simulator for personal computers, first released in 1997 by Knife Edge Software and sold to Horizon Hobby in 2021, with RealFlight Evolution launched in 2022.
Reconnaissance aircraft
A reconnaissance aircraft, or spyplane, is a military aircraft whose main mission is gathering information using cameras, radar, and signals equipment rather than weapons, spanning spy planes and drones.
Red Arrows
The Red Arrows, officially the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, are the RAF's aerobatic display team, flying red, white and blue Hawk T1 jets since 1965.
Red Bull Stratos
Red Bull Stratos was a privately funded program whose Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped from a balloon at 38,969 meters in 2012, breaking the sound barrier in freefall.
Red Tail Squadron
The Red Tail Squadron, also called the Red Tail Project, is a Commemorative Air Force outreach program that honors the Tuskegee Airmen with a restored red-tailed P-51C Mustang.
Red Tails
Red Tails (2012) is a Lucasfilm war drama directed by Anthony Hemingway, executive produced by George Lucas, dramatizing the Tuskegee Airmen's WWII bomber-escort missions; Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard star; mixed reviews, $49.9M US gross.
Red-eye flight
A red-eye flight is an overnight airline flight departing late at night and arriving early the next morning, named for the tired eyes of sleepless passengers.
Reduced vertical separation minima
Reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) is an aviation standard that reduces the vertical separation between aircraft from 2,000 to 1,000 feet between flight levels 290 and 410.
Regina International Airport
Regina International Airport, also known as RCAF Station Regina, serves Regina, Saskatchewan. Opened in 1930, it is Canada's 15th busiest airport, handling about 1.2 million passengers yearly.
Regulation of flight training organizations
Regulation of flight training organizations covers how national aviation authorities approve and oversee pilot training providers, including FAA Part 141 schools and EASA Approved Training Organisations.
Regulation of UAVs in the United States
Regulation of UAVs, or drones, in the United States is governed by the FAA: recreational flying under a statutory exception and commercial operations under Part 107, effective 2016.
Regulation of ultralight and microlight aircraft
Ultralight and microlight aircraft are small airplanes under light-touch rules that differ by country: US ultralights are single-seat and uncertified, European microlights heavier and certificated.
Regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles
Regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) is the body of rules governing where and how drones may fly, including registration, pilot certification, and remote identification.