P Parsevals, airships, 25. Peck, Commander S. E., C-5 flight, 15. Pilgrim, airship, 26, 31, 33, 66; launching, 66. Pony Blimp, airship, 47, 50. Preston, R. A. D., pilot, 13, 15.
R R-34, Atlantic Crossing, 15, 16; size, 25. Radio, first use of, 55. Reichelderfer, Commander F. W., chief U. S. Weather Bureau, 62. Rieker, John, pilot, 58, 65. Roma, Italian-built airship, 35. Rosendahl, Captain, C. E., photograph opp. vi, 17, 37. Rounds, Lt. C. S., ballast pick-up, 40, 66. RS-1, army airship, 25, 30. Rubber, use of synthetics, 35.
S San Diego, USS, sunk by mine, 2. Santos Dumont, illust. opp. 22; first flights, 27. Settle, Commander T. G. W., photograph opp. vi, 38. Sewell, A. T., pilot, 56, 57, 58, 65. Shenandoah, USS, 29. Sheppard, S. H., pilot, 54, 57. Smith, Alfred E., 36, 48. Smith, Verne, pilot, 57, 58.
T TC-14, airship, 17, 19. Trotter, F. A., pilot, bullet holes in ship, 53, 58, 66.
V Van Orman, W. T., balloon pilot, 46. Volunteer, airship, 39; cross country trip, 55; masting out, 39.
W Westover, General, 30. Wilson, R. D., pilot, Everglades rescue, 48, 57. Wright brothers, first flight, 21.
[1]See U.S. Navy Publication, "German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada," 1920, also the book, "German Subs in Yankee Waters"--Henry J. James, 1940.
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