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Remote ID
Remote ID (Remote Identification, RID) is a requirement for drones to broadcast identification and location information, which the FAA describes as a digital license plate for safety and law enforcement.
Remote Tower Service
Remote Tower Service is the provision of airport air traffic control or flight information services from a remote center using cameras, sensors, and data networks instead of a tower.
Renso L. Caporali
Renso L. Caporali is an American aerospace engineer who was a key member of the F-14 Tomcat design team and led Grumman as chairman and CEO from 1990 to 1994.
Replica and reproduction aircraft
Replica and reproduction aircraft are newly built copies of historic aircraft, from 2,500-hour kit builds to exact reproductions like the Me 262, whose originals no longer fly.
Republic Airways
Republic Airways, also known as Republic Airline, is a large American regional airline based in Carmel, Indiana, flying Embraer jets as American Eagle, Delta Connection, and United Express.
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, nicknamed the Thud, was a supersonic single-seat fighter-bomber built by Republic Aviation that was the mainstay of American strikes over North Vietnam.
Republic F-84 Thunderjet
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet, also called the P-84 Thunderjet, was an American straight-wing fighter-bomber first flown in 1946, which served as the Air Force's main strike aircraft in the Korean War.
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was a swept-wing jet fighter-bomber of the United States Air Force, flown in large numbers by NATO air forces in the 1950s and 1960s.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, nicknamed the Jug, was an American World War II fighter built by Republic Aviation that served as a bomber escort and ground-attack aircraft.
Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech
The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech was an American experimental turboprop fighter tested in 1955 and 1956, canceled after 12 flights and infamous for its deafening supersonic propeller.
Required navigation performance
Required navigation performance (RNP) is an aviation navigation specification requiring an aircraft to maintain a stated lateral accuracy and alert the crew when it is not met.
Revenue management
Revenue management is the use of forecasting and optimization to sell a fixed, perishable inventory, like airline seats, at differentiated prices, aiming to sell the right seat to the right customer at the right price.
Revenue per available seat mile
Revenue per available seat mile (RASM, or unit revenue) is an airline performance measure equal to operating revenue divided by available seat miles, capacity offered whether or not it is sold.
Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík Airport, also known as Reykjavíkurflugvöllur, is the main domestic airport of Iceland, built by occupying British forces in World War II and presented to Iceland in 1946.
Richard Bong
Richard Ira Bong, known as Dick Bong, was an American fighter ace who shot down 40 enemy planes in the Pacific during World War II, more than any other American pilot.
Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., known as Admiral Byrd, was an American naval aviator and polar explorer who claimed the first flights over both poles and led five Antarctic expeditions.
Richard H. Petersen
Richard H. "Pete" Petersen is an American aeronautical engineer who led NASA's Langley Research Center and served as NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics and Space Technology.
Richard Halsey Best
Richard Halsey Best was a US Navy dive-bomber pilot who hit the Japanese carriers Akagi and Hiryu in one day at the Battle of Midway.
Richard McCoy Jr.
Richard McCoy Jr., also known as Richard Floyd McCoy Jr., was an American skydiver who hijacked a 1972 United Airlines flight, extorted $500,000, and parachuted over Utah.
Richard Reid
Richard Colvin Reid, known as the "shoe bomber," is a British citizen who tried to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes on American Airlines Flight 63 in December 2001.
Richmond Heights, Florida
Richmond Heights, Florida, also known as Richmond Heights, FL, is a Miami-Dade County community founded in 1949 as a planned suburb for African American World War II veterans.
Riga International Airport
Riga International Airport (RIX) is Latvia's main airport and the largest Baltic aviation hub, about 10 km from central Riga. It handled 7.1 million passengers and 20,100 tonnes of cargo in 2025 and is expanding its terminal by 2030.
Rigid airship
A rigid airship is a lighter-than-air aircraft with a stiff internal airframe holding its gas cells, pioneered by Count Zeppelin's LZ 1 in 1900 and ended by the 1937 Hindenburg fire.
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, also named for Antônio Carlos Jobim, is Brazil's second-largest international hub. Opened in 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, it has been operated by Spain's Aena since 2026.
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens, born Richard Steven Valenzuela, was an American singer from Pacoima, California, and the first Mexican American rock and roll star, known for "La Bamba."
Riyadh Air (طيران الرياض)
Riyadh Air (طيران الرياض) is Saudi Arabia's new national airline, wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund, which began flying from Riyadh to London in 2026.
RMS Lancastria
RMS Lancastria was a British Cunard ocean liner sunk by German bombers off Saint-Nazaire, France, on 17 June 1940, with the largest loss of life in British maritime history.
RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)
RNAS Lee-on-Solent, also known as HMS Daedalus, was a Royal Navy air station at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, from 1917 to 1996, and the Fleet Air Arm's spiritual home.
RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)
RNAS Yeovilton, or HMS Heron, is a Royal Naval Air Station in Somerset, England, home to the Fleet Air Arm's Wildcat and commando helicopter forces since 1940.
Robert B. Ormsby, Jr.
Robert B. Ormsby, Jr. was an American aerospace executive who led the Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Group, chaired the NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee, and died in 2013.