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Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593
The Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 was an Anglo-French afterburning turbojet developed jointly by Rolls-Royce and Snecma to power Concorde, in service from 1969 until commercial flights ended in October 2003.
Rome Ciampino Airport
Rome Ciampino Airport (Giovan Battista Pastine, IATA CIA), Rome's second airport after Fiumicino, opened 1916 as an airship base; now serves low-cost flights, cargo, general aviation, and the Italian Air Force's 31° Stormo, with a 23:00-06:00 night curfew.
Rome Fiumicino Airport
Rome Fiumicino Airport, formally Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, is Rome's principal international airport at Fiumicino, 32 km from the city center, and Italy's busiest by passenger traffic.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, formerly Washington National Airport, is an airport in Arlington, Virginia, serving Washington, D.C., opened in 1941 and renamed for President Reagan in 1998.
Rossiya Airlines
Rossiya Airlines (Авиакомпания «Россия») is a Russian full-service airline based in Saint Petersburg and owned by the Aeroflot Group, carrying 12 million passengers in 2025.
Rotax
Rotax, formally BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG, is an Austrian engine manufacturer in Gunskirchen owned by BRP since 2003, whose 912 four-stroke family dominates light-sport and ultralight aircraft.
Rotax 582
The Rotax 582 is a liquid-cooled, two-cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine produced by BRP-Rotax in Gunskirchen, Austria, since 1989 as a development of the Rotax 532, and became one of its best-selling models.
Rotax 912
The Rotax 912 is a four-cylinder, four-stroke aircraft engine produced by BRP-Rotax in Gunskirchen, Austria, since 1989, the standard powerplant for light sport and ultralight aircraft.
Rotor kite
A rotor kite, also called a gyro kite or rotary-wing kite, is an unpowered tethered flying machine whose spinning rotor generates lift through autorotation, best known through the German Fa 330 of World War II.
Rotorcraft
A rotorcraft, also called a rotary-wing or rotorwing aircraft, is an aircraft lifted by spinning rotors instead of fixed wings, spanning helicopters, autogyros, and tiltrotors like the V-22.
Rotorcraft records
Rotorcraft records are FAI-ratified aviation records set by helicopters and autogyros, including the 400.87 km/h absolute speed record set by a Westland Lynx in 1986.
RotorWay
RotorWay, also known as Rotorway International, was an American kit helicopter manufacturer based in Chandler, Arizona, producing two-seat amateur-built helicopters from 1967 until its sale and collapse in the 2020s.
RotorWay Exec
The RotorWay Exec is a family of two-seat, piston-powered kit helicopters built in Chandler, Arizona since 1980, including the Exec 90, Exec 162F, and A600 Talon.
Roundel
A roundel is a circular national insignia of concentric colored rings painted on military aircraft to show nationality, borrowed from heraldry and first adopted by France in 1912.
Royal Air Force College Cranwell
The Royal Air Force College Cranwell, also known as RAF College Cranwell, is the RAF's initial officer training academy at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, opened in 1920.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command
Royal Air Force Fighter Command was the RAF command responsible for Britain's air defense from 1936 to 1968, best known for winning the Battle of Britain under Hugh Dowding.
Royal Air Maroc (الخطوط الملكية المغربية)
Royal Air Maroc (الخطوط الملكية المغربية) is the state-owned flag carrier of Morocco, founded in 1957 and headquartered in Casablanca, serving over 100 destinations and a oneworld member since 2020.
Royal Brunei Airlines
Royal Brunei Airlines (Penerbangan DiRaja Brunei) is the flag carrier of Brunei, founded in 1974 and wholly owned by the government, flying from Bandar Seri Begawan across Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps was the air arm of the British Army during the First World War, formed in 1912 and merged into the Royal Air Force in 1918.
Royal Jordanian (الملكية الأردنية)
Royal Jordanian Airlines (الملكية الأردنية) is Jordan's national flag carrier, established by King Hussein in 1963, flying from its hub at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman.
RTCA, Inc.
RTCA, Inc., founded in 1935 as the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that develops standards for civil aviation equipment, including DO-160 and DO-178C.
Rudder
The rudder is the movable control surface hinged to the trailing edge of an aircraft's vertical stabilizer, used to control yaw. Operated through rudder pedals, it coordinates turns and enables spin recovery.
Rudolf Anderson
Rudolf Anderson Jr. was a US Air Force major and U-2 reconnaissance pilot killed by a Soviet missile over Cuba in 1962, the crisis's only combat fatality.
Runway
A runway is a rectangular area on an aerodrome prepared for landing and takeoff of aircraft, oriented by wind data and surrounded by safety areas and arresting systems.
Runway 34
Runway 34 (रनवे ३४), formerly Mayday, is a 2022 Hindi aviation thriller directed by Ajay Devgn, starring Devgn, Amitabh Bachchan, and Rakul Preet Singh, inspired by the 2015 Jet Airways 9W-555 Doha–Kochi low-fuel incident; it flopped with ₹53.77 crore worldwide.
Runway condition code
A runway condition code (RWYCC) is a number from 0 to 6 summarizing the braking quality of a runway, part of ICAO's Global Reporting Format.
Runway excursion
A runway excursion is an aviation accident in which an aircraft unintentionally veers off, overruns, or undershoots the runway during takeoff or landing, the most common accident type in commercial aviation.
Runway incursion
A runway incursion is the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a landing or takeoff surface, ranging from minor to severe incidents.
Runway Status Lights
Runway Status Lights (RWSL) are an automatic FAA airport safety system of red in-pavement lights signaling when it is unsafe to enter, cross, or take off from a runway.
Runway visual range
Runway visual range (RVR) is the horizontal distance a pilot can see down the runway from the approach end, measured by instruments and reported in hundreds of feet.