PREFACE

CONTENTS

ORDERED OVERSEAS

INTRODUCTORY

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEA I

BOOK I IN TRAINING ( October-April )

I FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

II SOME EPISODES: AND A "CRASH"

III FROM PASSENGER TO PILOT

BOOK II ON ACTIVE SERVICE

R.F.C. ALPHABET

I THE OPENING MOVEMENTS

II INCREASING THE PACE

III STORM AFTER CALM

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Notes

WAR FLYING

BY A PILOT

THE LETTERS OF “THETA” TO HIS HOME PEOPLE
WRITTEN IN TRAINING AND IN WAR

And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.—Campbell.

BOSTON
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1917