The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
PART I
THE SERVICE AIRMAN IN THE MAKING
	AUTHOR’S NOTE	vii
	INTRODUCTION	3
I.	JOINING THE SERVICE	10
II.	THE AIRMAN’S FIRST DAYS	17
III.	THE INITIAL FLIGHT	23
IV.	THE PERILS OF THE AIR	28
V.	THE SPIRIT OF THE AIR	34
VI.	SEAPLANES	40
VII.	A ZEPPELIN CHASE	48
VIII.	THE COMPLETE AIRMAN	53

PART II
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
IX.	BEHIND THE FIRING LINE	61
X.	THE FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE LINE	66
XI.	SOME ANECDOTES	74
XII.	SPORT EXTRAORDINARY	81
XIII.	A BALLOON-TRIP BY NIGHT	85
XIV.	THE BATTLE OF THE WOOD	92
XV.	A TIGHT CORNER	97
XVI.	AN AIR FIGHT WITH A HUN	108
XVII.	A GREAT RAID	114
XVIII.	A DAY-DREAM	123
XIX.	A MID-AIR BATTLE	127
XX.	A BATTLE FROM ABOVE	132
XXI.	A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR	136
XXII.	HEROISM IN THE AIR	144

PART III
OTHER CRAFT AND THE FUTURE
XXIII.	THE EVOLUTION OF THE AIRSHIP	151
XXIV.	LAWS OF THE AIR	161
XXV.	AERIAL COMBAT	166
XXVI.	THE AIR—THE WAR—AND THE FUTURE	170

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