MY AIRSHIPS
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
MY AIRSHIPS (2)
INTRODUCTORY FABLE THE REASONING OF CHILDREN
CHAPTER I THE COFFEE PLANTATION
CHAPTER II PARIS PROFESSIONAL BALLOONISTS AUTOMOBILES
CHAPTER III MY FIRST BALLOON ASCENT
CHAPTER IV MY "BRAZIL" SMALLEST OF SPHERICAL BALLOONS
CHAPTER V THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY DANGERS OF BALLOONING
CHAPTER VI I YIELD TO THE STEERABLE BALLOON IDEA
CHAPTER VII MY FIRST AIR-SHIP CRUISES (1898)
CHAPTER VIII HOW IT FEELS TO NAVIGATE THE AIR
CHAPTER IX EXPLOSIVE ENGINES AND INFLAMMABLE GASES
CHAPTER X I GO IN FOR AIRSHIP BUILDING
CHAPTER XI THE EXPOSITION SUMMER
CHAPTER XII THE DEUTSCH PRIZE AND ITS PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XIII A FALL BEFORE A RISE
CHAPTER XIV THE BUILDING OF MY "NO. 6"
CHAPTER XV WINNING THE DEUTSCH PRIZE
CHAPTER XVI A GLANCE BACKWARD AND FORWARD
CHAPTER XVII MONACO AND THE MARITIME GUIDE ROPE
CHAPTER XVIII FLIGHTS IN MEDITERRANEAN WINDS
CHAPTER XIX SPEED
CHAPTER XX AN ACCIDENT AND ITS LESSONS
CHAPTER XXI THE FIRST OF THE WORLD'S AIR-SHIP STATIONS
CHAPTER XXII MY "NO. 9," THE LITTLE RUNABOUT
CHAPTER XXIII THE AIR-SHIP IN WAR
CHAPTER XXIV PARIS AS A CENTRE OF AIR-SHIP EXPERIMENTS
CONCLUDING FABLE MORE REASONING OF CHILDREN
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Notes