Firebird (I) - first GM gas turbine show car - Motorama of 1953 (author’s first viewing), 88; in Arizona for film, 138 (photo, H. Earl, left of 3 Firebirds)

Firebird II: four passenger gas turbine show car, 100 (photo with H. Earl), side profile 101 (photo); in Arizona for film, 138 (photo,          H. Earl, with (center of) 3 Firebirds

Firebird III Clay model, 115-121, 117 (photos)

Firebird III Features: Skydrol hydraulic fluid, 126; urethane paint, 126; gas turbine engine, 134 (photo); elastomeric urethane bumper, 137 joystick controller, 125

Firebird III Mockup (space sketch), 112-114, H, Earl’s “buy-off” for Firebird III design, 114 (photo with author); engineering mockup, 117 (photo, author near center)

Firebird III Motorama - planning of (with M. Evans), 124-125

Firebird III - the car: mechanical assembly, first drive, 128 (photo); at GM Desert Proving Grounds for Motorama filming, 133-138 (photos)

Fisher Building (Albert Kahn-Arch.) - referenced Art Deco building in GM Detroit complex, 83

Foucalt, Jean - referenced inventor of pendulum & optical test, 26

French, Ralph - Pratt Inst., roommate, 96, 97, 99

Friedman, Don - DSD head of Land Operations; Detroit, 144; Santa Barbara, 147,158; replaced by Sam Romano 190; Epilogue - Detroit, 202

Frieze Drawing Method - a drawing technique to construct accurate perspective drawings from orthographic drawings, 56 (diagram), 75, 187

Genest, Ken - Pratt Inst. student teacher - automobile design, 59, 69, 74 (later- GM Styling associate)

GM Proving Grounds - Milford, MI, 85-86

GM Tech Center - moving into, 97, 98-99

GMDRL - GM Defense Research Laboratories - in Santa Barbara, CA, 165 …Chapter 7, extensive

Goodrich Aerostructures (formerly Rohr Industries) - Epilogue: post GM employer, 207

Grazing Occultations - amateur astronomy expiditions, 191-194, 192 (graphic), with D. Dunham, 196

Habsburg, Jerri (Stefan's wife), 140

Habsburg, Stefan - MIT and GM Styling, (associate/design partner), 93; associate also of Karl Ludvigsen (at MIT), 97; closed door meeting with R. McLean and N. James, 102; adding three tail fins to Firebird III, 108; at Styling auditorium review with H. Earl, 120; planning and filming in Arizona, 129-133, 133 (photo), 138 (photo); Jerri (wife), encephalitis, 140; Epilogue: SAE paper with R McLean 207

       …Habsburg-Lothringen, Stefan Archduke of Austria (name and title), 93 (footnote)

Hafstad, Lawrence - GM VP of Research Staff (present at Motorama filming), 131

Haji, Larry - Pratt Inst. roommate, 68, 80 (photo)

Hamilton Standards - manufacturer of life support systems for space suits, 184

Harding, Mr. – high school shop teacher, 30

Harper, Charlie - GMDRL, engineer, 148,149, 151

Hartwig, Edwin P. - NY State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation - high school counselor, re Pratt Inst., 31; letter re Styling, 87 (incidental)

Hayashi, John - Pratt Inst. and GM Styling associate, 83

Henelt, Joseph - GM Styling clay modeler (Firebird II), 93, 99, 100 (photo)

House, Mrs.- Detroit, landlady, 143

Houston, Walter Scott - S&T, writer; Stellafane judge, 199

Hrabak, Joseph - GM Styling engineer, 100 (photo)

Hula, Otto - Pratt Inst. furniture design instructor, 53-58 (teachings)

Jaguar Type E - GM Styling incident (in reference to), 141

James, Basil – author’s father, 14, 35 (photos), 160 (photos), 172

James, Costandina "Kocha" – author’s mother, 14, 35 photo), 160 (photo), 172, 197

James, Ginna - author's wife ('71-): Epilogue, 205, 210, LRV 25th anniversary reunion, 215 (photo)

James, Herbert – author’s brother, (see) dedication, 14; 17, 27, 28, 29, 35 (photo), 49, 197, 208, 217 (photo of three brothers)

James, Mary - wife of Herb James, 32, 78

James, Norm - author; photos> early years & family, 35-36; at Pratt Inst., 80; Body Studio #3 (team), 100; PR photo, 101; "string drawing," 107; in Firebird III mockup, 114; in Research Studio, 117 (photo–foreground-left); with Firebird III, 138; in XP721 mockup, 163; at Stellafane, 198; at Lunar Rover 25th reunion, 215; with telescopes, 216; of three brothers, 217

James, Peter - brother, 14, 17, 27, 35 & 36 (photos), with family, 160 (photo); 208, 217 (photo of three brothers)

James, Robert - brother, deceased at age 1, 14

James, Susan Connor (author’s wife '62-'71), 201, 203, 205

Jordan, Charles "Chuck" - GM Styling, 84 (later- GM VP of Styling}

Kadar, Menyard - Case Tech & Western Reserve (fencing coach, re Herb James), 208

Kane, Mrs. - landlady, Brooklyn, NY; 33-34, 39

Karsh, Herb - GM Allison; Surveyor soft lander proposal team leader, 141-142

Kavanaugh, Gere - GM Styling associate, 156

Kenny, Sister (method) - polio treatment, 19

Kidasako, Eddie - GM Styling associate, 99

Kolli, Robert - Pratt Inst. 2D instructor, 39, 41-43; Dept. Chairman, agreement with, 96

Kolonkia, Sevil - friend of Susan Connor - in Detroit, 160, 164; in Santa Barbara, 165

Kostellow, Alexander - Pratt Inst. ID Dept. Chairman and mentor, 37; interview with, 38; color class, 44-46; ID overview, 51-53; drawing techniques, 59-63; empathic sketching, 63-65, 64 (sketch); abstraction, 66; class-side manner, 66-67, 73-74; at N. James interview with W. Mitchell, T. Christiansen of GM, 77; in Detroit, 82; meeting with N. James, 87; death of, 87; author's recollection of, 214

L-1011 Tri-Star (design of, at Lockheed) – Epilogue: Sundberg-Ferar job offer, 203

LaSalle II (sedan) - Motorama show car; author's first GM assignment, 88

LaSalle II (roadster) - Epilogue; revisted (in restoration), 212

Lathers, Mike - GM Styling associate; lead AutoLine film project, 161-162

Los Angeles Astronomical Society (LAAS) - Mt Pinos Star Party, 195; Spheremount - first public showing, 196 (photo)

LSSM - Pre-Apollo lunar rover studies, 184-190 (drawings and photo)

Ludvigsen, Karl - MIT, Pratt Inst. and GM Styling, 97,140

Lunar exploration vehicles (early) - conceptual design studies, 155-156 (illustrations)

Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) – Apollo: 25th anniversary reunion, 210; with G. Bekker, F. Pavlics and S. Romano, 215 (photo), see also front cover (photo of same)

Lunar Sample Return - Detroit, 145; Santa Barbara, 149-151 (illustrations); footnote, 158

Lunar surface /understanding of - theories discussed in Harold Urey and Tom Gold letters; "gold dust," 148; SLRV – design for, 170-171; lessons learned - Ranger, 173-175 (photos and graphic representation), 175; lessons learned - Surveyor, 175-176

Lunar vehicle concept - Pratt Inst. (pre GM) study for Pratt design class, 81 (illustration)

Lunar Wheel and Drive test, 188-190 (photo and illustration)

Mackintosh, Allan - amateur astronomy, author and editor, Stellafane judge, 199

Madler, Niel - GM Photographic (photographer of photo on page 114) - NOTE: N. Madler was erroneously identified as the photographer in the May 2007 and Oct 2007 releases of “Of Firebirds & Moonmen.” Corrections made in Apr 2009 release, (see Chuck Ternes)

Mathews, Eddie - GM Styling clay services, "fly on the wall," 94

Mc Lean, Robert F. - GM Styling, 11, 100 (photo); Firebird (I), 93: Firebird II, 94, 96; DeLorean, 95 (footnote); Firebird III, "Kick-off," 102; briefing to H. Earl, 103-104; OK for second mockup, 109; presentation to H. Earl, Buy-off and "go to clay," 113-115; conflict with design committee, 119; presentation to H. Earl - "put it back to the way it was," 120; meeting with Maurice Evans, 124; Motorama filming - Arizona, 138 (photo with H. Earl); under W. Mitchell, 139, meeting with G. Bekker, F. Pavlics and N. James, 144; in XP721 mockup 163 (photo); N. James request for transfer and with Gladys McLean (wife) going-away party, 164; reference to SAE paper presented with S. Habsburg, 207

McNamara, Mary - GMDRL secretary to Sam Romano, 203

McNeil, Russ - amateur astronomer, 192

McPherson, Vince - Pratt Inst. and GM Styling, associate and Detroit roommate, 96, 161

Miller, George – author’s uncle, 14

Mitchell, William "Bill" - GM Styling - H. Earl's "right hand man," recruiting at Pratt Inst., 77; with H. Earl, 92 (humor); with design committee on Firebird III, 119; as GM VP of Styling, 139; lengthens Stingray hood, 141

Mitzelfeld, Thomas - Engineering Staff (responsible for Firebird III APU), 124

Mockup - full scale wood representation: Firebird III, 112-114, 114 (photo with author); XP721 line drawings and mockup, 163; Epilogue - reflection on the Firebird III mockup, 212

Moholy-Nage and Mies van der Rohe of the Bauhaus School of Design - A. Kostellow's brief history of Industrial Design, 52

MOLAB - Boeing/GMDRL design for lunar mobile laboratory, 176-179 (drawings and photos)

"Moonmen" - Bill Mitchell's negative reference to Research B Studio team and "theme" adapted for this book's title, 141

Moore, Hal - Director of Firebird III Motorama film; Detroit, 126-127; Arizona, 129, 133 (photo)

Motorama - a GM promotional venue of the 1950s; overview, 88-89; H. Earl's description of, 103-104

       Motorama Filming - Detroit, 126-127; Arizona, 129-130, 133-138 (photos)

Mott, Stan - GM Styling associate, 82, 85

MTA - MOLAB Test Article, 178-179 (incl. photos)

Nakata, Alan "Al" - Pratt Inst. and GM Styling associate, 83, 142

Negative space - a design and sculptural concept, 72-73; as applied in Firebird III, 110-113

Nike surface to air missile - inspiration for Firebird III (quad fins), 105-106

Norton, Eric - Pratt Inst. and GM Styling, roommate (Brooklyn and Detroit), 39, 80 (photos); ...and throughout Chapters 2 and 3

Ohman, Ms. - Jamestown; nurse - applied Sister Kenny polio treatments, 19

Olsen, Carl - Pratt Inst. and GM Styling, roommate (Detroit) and with Sonia Olson (wife), 142; Epilogue, dinner with Porters, 210; at Eyes-on-design benefit, 211; post GM - Professor Emeritus CCS, re Firebird III, back cover

Panzarella, Mr. - Jamestown, influential high school teacher, 30

Patents - Firebird III (Design), 132; telescope mounting, 201; lunar rover wheel, 210

Pavlics, Ferenc - GMDRL LRV designer, 144, 148, 178 (photo), 186, 210, 215 and front cover (photo with G. Bekker and S. Romano)

Peterson, Robert "Bob" - GMDRL associate, 188-190, 210, 215 (photo, including Clair Peterson (wife) and Chris Peterson (son))

Pirkl, Jim - Pratt Inst. and GM Styling associate, 99, 124 (footnote), 142

Plaster - model making (Pratt Inst.), 53, 65-66; Firebird III tooling, 122 (photo); for telescope making, 182-183 (illustration)

Polhemus, Marlan - Pratt Inst. and Harley Earl Assoc., roommate (Detroit), 99, 142