| PART I | | CHAPTER | | PAGE | | I | The Conquest of the Air | 3 | | II | “A B C's” of a Balloon | 14 | | III | Early Balloon Adventures | 20 | | IV | The Parachute | 28 | | V | Ballooning in the Great War | 36 | | | PART II | | I | Development of the Dirigible | 47 | | II | Forerunners of the Allied Dirigibles | 60 | | III | Dirigibles in the World War | 68 | | | PART III | | I | Early Experiments with Heavier-than-Air Machines | 77 | | II | First Principles of an Airplane | 91 | | III | The Pioneers | 99 | | IV | The Airplane in the World War | 128 | | V | Some of the Problems the Inventors Had to Solve | 150 | | VI | Famous Allied Airplanes | 170 | | VII | German Airplanes in the World War | 189 | | VIII | Heroes of the Air | 205 | | IX | The Birth of an Airplane | 223 | | X | The Training of an Aviator | 232 | | XI | The Future Story of the Air | 244 | | Reading List | 256 | | Index | 259 |
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