The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation

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Edgar Charles Middleton

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CONTENTS

PART I THE SERVICE AIRMAN IN THE MAKING

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I JOINING THE SERVICE

CHAPTER II THE AIRMAN'S FIRST DAYS

CHAPTER III THE INITIAL FLIGHT

CHAPTER IV THE PERILS OF THE AIR

CHAPTER V THE SPIRIT OF THE AIR

CHAPTER VI SEAPLANES

CHAPTER VII A ZEPPELIN CHASE

CHAPTER VIII THE COMPLETE AIRMAN

PART II ON ACTIVE SERVICE

CHAPTER IX BEHIND THE FIRING LINE

CHAPTER X THE FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE LINE

CHAPTER XI SOME ANECDOTES

CHAPTER XII SPORT EXTRAORDINARY

CHAPTER XIII A BALLOON-TRIP BY NIGHT

CHAPTER XIV THE BATTLE OF THE WOOD

CHAPTER XV A TIGHT CORNER

CHAPTER XVI AN AIR FIGHT WITH A HUN

CHAPTER XVII A GREAT RAID

CHAPTER XVIII A DAY-DREAM

CHAPTER XIX A MID-AIR BATTLE

CHAPTER XX A BATTLE FROM ABOVE

CHAPTER XXI A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR (BEING PART OF THE DIARY OF AN INHABITANT)

CHAPTER XXII HEROISM IN THE AIR

PART III OTHER CRAFT AND THE FUTURE

CHAPTER XXIII THE EVOLUTION OF THE AIRSHIP

CHAPTER XXIV LAWS OF THE AIR

CHAPTER XXV AERIAL COMBAT

CHAPTER XXVI THE AIR THE WAR AND THE FUTURE

THE WAY OF THE AIR

THE WAY
OF THE AIR

A DESCRIPTION OF MODERN AVIATION

BY

EDGAR C. MIDDLETON

(“AN AIR PILOT”)

LATE FLIGHT SUB-LIEUT., R.N.; AUTHOR OF “AIRCRAFT”

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Copyright, 1917, by
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Dedication

TO THE MEMORY OF FRIENDS
WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE GREAT FIGHT

Captain ADRIAN LIDDELL, V.C., R.F.C.
Flight Sub-Lieut. R. A. J. WARNEFORD, V.C., R.N.
Flight Lieut. ROSHER, R.N.
Flight Lieut. TALBOT, R.N.
Flight Lieut. GRAHAM, R.N.
Flight Commander BEARD, R.N.
Captain BASIL HALLAM RADFORD, R.F.C.

AND

Second-Lieut. ARTHUR FISHER, R.F.C.

“WHO FOUND GLORY ONLY BECAUSE
GLORY LAY IN THE PLAIN PATH OF DUTY”

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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