Index
Pearl Harbor, 132 Peary, Robert E., 36 Peenemünde, xii, 178, 186, 189–191, 200, 202 Pénaud, Alphonse, vii Pendray, G. Edward, 158 Perkins, Frances, 35 Pershey, Edward J., xiv Pershing, General John J., 71 Phillips, W. Hewitt, 224, 225 Piccard, Jean, 218 Pickering, Dr. William H., 198 Pickford, Mary, 3, 78 Piland, Robert O., 226 Pilotless Aircraft Research Station, 181 Pioneer Instrument Company (Bendix), 73 Pisano, Dominick, 23 Pitcairn AC-35, 70 Pitcairn Mailwings, 74 Pitcairn, Harold F., 75, 76, 78, 82, 83 Plantz, Connie, 22 Poe, Edgar Allen, 156 pogo effect, 210, 245 Polaris missile, 227 Post, Wiley, 22, 44 Powell, General Colin, 126 Powell, William, 16 Power, Major General Thomas S., 143 Prandtl, Ludwig, 173 Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engine, 94, 97 Prest-O-Lite racing team, 71 Priester, Andre, 56, 60, 62, 65 Putnam, George Palmer (G. P.), 25, 26, 34, 35, 41, 45
Q Quimby, Harriet, 4, 5
295