War Flying :: CONTENTS

CONTENTS

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Ordered Overseas (after Kipling)		17
INTRODUCTORY
The Development of an Idea		23
BOOK I
IN TRAINING
I.	From Theory To Practice	33
EARLY IMPRESSIONS		33
MY FIRST FLYING LESSON		34
ON GOING “SOLO”		38
TAKING A TICKET		41
FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT		44
II.	Some Episodes: and a “Crash”	47
III.	From Passenger To Pilot	53
BOOK II
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
R.F.C. Alphabet		56
I.	The Opening Movements	57
SOMEWHERE		57
MAP STUDY		59
A FORCED LANDING		61
ARCHIES		62
AGED NINETEEN		64
A CONCERT		65
II.	Increasing the Pace	67
FRENCH AVIATOR’S BAG		67
THE ENEMY IN OUR MIDST		68
“HOT-AIR STUFF”		71
A BIG “STRAFE”		72
LOOPING THE LOOP		75
NIGHT FLYING		80
PHOTOS		81
HIDE AND SEEK		82
“MISSING”		85
PANCAKING IN A WHEAT FIELD		87
AN EXCITING LANDING		89
DUAL CONTROL		90
III.	Storm after Calm	94
BACK TO DUTY		94
A GOOD STORY		96
A FOKKER’S FLIGHT		97
A TAIL PIECE		98
NIGHT BOMBING		99
GESTICULATION IN MID-AIR		102
A FIREWORK DISPLAY		104
A MIXED GRILL		106
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